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Automatic detection of emerging threats to computer networks

Author: McDonald, Andre M Date: Oct 2015 South Africa is growing increasingly reliant on information and communications technology (ICT) to provide access to information and services. In making progress towards bridging the digital divide, our country now faces a host of increasingly ... Read more
A comparative analysis of urban and rural broadband penetration and access trends in South Africa

Author: Ngwenya, SO ; Heymann, R ; Swart, TG ; Lysko, Albert A Date: Jul 2023 This paper considers the differences between rural and urban access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) through non-intrusive research methodologies that are deemed effective in obtaining the relevant information required to ... Read more
Computer literacy: insufficient for digital age literacy learners

Author: Beyers, RN ; Koorbanally, Nicoli A Date: Jul 2010 South Africa, and similar economies, cannot afford to lose another generation in the current schooling system, by failing to adequately equip youth to take advantage of life in a modern knowledge economy. This paper adopts a more philosophical ... Read more
A critical analysis of the uses and gratifications experienced by South African users of the digital doorway

Author: Abbas, FJ ; Van der Vyver, AG ; Marais, Mario A Date: Nov 2013 The Digital Doorway is a computerized machine that was implemented in areas populated by disadvantaged communities throughout South Africa to promote computer literacy within these communities. Understanding the progress and satisfaction of ... Read more
The design of application-specific heuristics for the usability evaluation of the digital doorway

Author: Adebesin, F ; Kotzé, Paula Date: Jun 2012 The Digital Doorway (DD) is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The DD is a non-standard computer system ... Read more
Digital divide: a national security argumentative analysis within a South African context

Author: Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J ; Modise, M ; Nengovhela, N Date: Oct 2010 Since it was coined in the early eighties following the Maitland commission for worldwide telecommunications development, much has been written about the concept of digital divide. Everything to date in the literature about the subject point ... Read more
Dynamic Spectrum Access: regulations, standards and green radio policy considerations

Author: Mfupe, Luzango P ; Masonta, Moshe T ; Olwal, T ; Mzyece, M Date: Sep 2012 Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technologies are increasingly viewed as a potential solution to improve overall spectral utilisation efficiency and for bridging the digital divide in the rural areas. In particular, DSA technologies have the ... Read more
Impact of usability on efforts to bridge the digital divide

Author: Adebesin, F ; Kotzé, Paula ; Gelderblom, H Date: Nov 2010 There is growing efforts to narrow the digital divide both locally and internationally. One such effort is the Digital Doorway project driven by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Meraka Institute of Council for Science ... Read more
The influence of cyber security levels of South African citizens on national security

Author: Jansen van Vuuren, J ; Grobler, M ; Zaaiman, J Date: Mar 2012 In South Africa, cyber security has been identified as a critical component contributing towards National Security. More rural communities are becoming integrated into the global village due to increased hardware and software corporate ... Read more
Information and communication technology platforms deployment: Technology access reaches South African rural areas

Author: Foko, Thato E ; Thulare, T ; Legare, LL ; Maremi, Keneilwe J Date: May 2017 The purpose of this paper is to ascertain how robust ICT Platforms can provide rural communities with access and use of ICTs. The Platform contributes to the creating of an inclusive information society and a thriving knowledge economy in ... Read more
Kiosks are breaking through the digital divide in Africa: first among equals

Author: Cambridge, GJ ; Smith, R ; Gush, Kim L Date: 2008 The Digital Doorway is a joint project between the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Meraka Institute, aimed at the promotion of computer literacy and associated skills in Africa. The assumption is that people ... Read more
MobiLED: mobile-led and leading via mobile

Author: Ford, M ; Botha, Adèle Date: Mar 2009 Historically Africa and it's people have faced many practical problems in their race towards digital inclusion and economic progress, such as a severe lack of infrastructure and resources. However, the advent of the cell phone, is set to ... Read more
Pragmatic framework for integrating ICT into education in South Africa

Author: Ford, M ; Botha, Adèle Date: May 2010 The goals of South Africa’s e-Education White paper are for every school learner in the country to be ICT capable by 2013 and for teachers to use information and communication technology (ICT) to enhance teaching and learning. Many initiatives ... Read more
Some thoughts on geovirtual environments

Author: Cooper, Antony K ; Coetzee, S ; Ravno, K Date: Nov 2010 This short positional paper outlines several areas where research is required: 1) Novel ways of representing geovirtual environments on small mobile phone information displays that require limited bandwidth, 2) understanding of how geovirtual ... Read more
South African human language technologies audit

Author: Grover, AS ; Van Huyssteen, GB ; Pretorius, MW Date: May 2010 Human language technologies (HLT) can play a vital role in bridging the digital divide and thus the HLT field has been recognised as a priority area by the South African government. The authors present the work on conducting a technology audit ... Read more
Towards bridging the digital divide using innovative and community-based interventions

Author: Masonta, Moshe Date: Jun 2023 Access to high-speed broadband infrastructure and services plays a vital role towards achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). However, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) revealed that only 63% of the ... Read more
Usability and accessibility evaluation of the digital doorway

Author: Adebesin, TF Date: Mar 2011 The Digital Doorway (DD) is a non-standard computer system deployed to promote computer literacy amongst underprivileged communities in South Africa. Since its inception there has been no usability evaluation of the software installed on the ... Read more
Usability of text-to-speech synthesis to bridge the digital divide in South Africa: Language practitioner perspectives

Author: Schlunz, Georg I Date: Dec 2018 We report on two sets of perceptual evaluations of our South African text-to-speech voices by language practitioners. In the first evaluation, we measure baseline quality in terms of how understandable and human-like the voices sound. We also ... Read more
Use of mobile technologies in enhancing learning in South Africa and the challenges of increasing digital divide

Author: Foko, Thato E Date: Jun 2009 Failure at school because children from the low socio-economic background have no access to information and communication technologies motivated this study. The realisation that even the poorest of the poor South Africans have access to mobile ... Read more

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