De nye kommunikations-teknologier har bredt sig som en steppebrand på det fattige kontinent og ændret livet for bønder og byboer – og forandret både nødhjælpen, udviklingsbistanden og forudsætningerne for demokrati i mange lande.
NAIROBI, 18 December 2012 (IRIN): Since Africa’s first mobile phone network went live in 1994, mobile phone penetration (udbredelse) has shot up to 65 percent; access to the internet is also increasing rapidly.
Today, information and communications technology (ICT) plays a central role in promoting development and humanitarian assistance.
“Communication technology is reshaping the world we live in”, said Gabriella Waiijman of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Eastern Africa.
“We need to engage with increasing availability of information communications technology to ensure people have access to the information they need in order to make the right decisions for themselves, and make sure the right communications channels are in place so they can communicate with us,” she said.
ICT in the humanitarian and development sector is said to be entering a new era of maturity, with people and agencies sharing resources, embracing transparency (gennemskuelighed), and improving effectiveness.
Below, IRIN explores novel uses of ICT to promote development and deliver aid.
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