Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, Adèle; Makitla, IDate:Feb 2012The components of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) are Computing, Connectivity, Content and Capacity. These components, dubbed the 4C Framework (because the name of each of these four components starts with letter “c”), are ...Read more
Author:Makitla, I; Fogwill, T; Botha, AdèleDate:Oct 2012The core approach of this research project, which is informed by the concept of “digital difference”, is to leverage the existing
technological infrastructure and capacity (know-how) in a community to enable delivery of ICT4D content and ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Oct 2011The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives remains an enduring concern, and projects typically have a high rate of failure. ICT4D is in flux and the trends are analysed to show how sustainability issues have changed from ...Read more
Author:Gitau, S; Diga, K; Bidwell, NJ; Marsden, GDate:2010Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), especially those based at the community level, have been identified as pivotal tools in the field of social economic development. They are known to have structured frameworks through which they dispense ...Read more
Author:Smith, Ronel; Herselman, Martha E; Turpin, MaritaDate:Apr 2019The active involvement of rural women in ICT4D initiatives is essential to ensure that they benefit from the initiative in general, and the technology artefact in particular. Usually ICT4D projects are male centered and the relevance of ICTs ...Read more
Author:Van Rensburg, JDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author shares current learning on the use of more targeted and systemic ICT for development as well as broader technology for development education and LED-focused interventions in the science, engineering and technology ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, Adèle; Platz, MDate:Oct 2017The purpose of this paper is to indicate how a successfully implemented Teacher professional development (TPD) course from South Africa, can be adapted to conceptualize a similar course for students to become mathematics teachers in Germany. ...Read more
Author:Ogunleye, ODate:Oct 2012The purpose of this research is to explore ways to address the difficulty in implementing mobile activities and services for any government. In addition, a major output of this project will be a framework for understanding m-government as a ...Read more
Author:Smith, R; Stillman, LDate:Oct 2014Through the lens of a case-study, this paper outlines some of the problems that arise when implementing ethics requirements in vulnerable communities. There is a mismatch between positivistic ethics norms and those required in the field. In ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Botha, Adèle; Maremi, Keneilwe JDate:Jul 2019The purpose of this paper is to evaluate a specific mobile technology rural schools project known as ICT4E in South Africa to determine if it complies to be regarded as an innovative educational ecosystem. The criteria that were used were ...Read more
Author:Meyer, I; Marais, Mario A; Ford, Merryl; Dlamini, Sifiso BDate:May 2017The high failure rate of development interventions is well known. An approach to sustainable interventions is defined, based on a systems perspective that focuses on the ability of a system to integrate an intervention. The design of an ...Read more
Author:Maarsingh, B; Grobbelaar, SS; Uriona-Maldonado, M; Herselman, Martha EDate:Aug 2021Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) projects aim to improve the living conditions of marginalized communities. However, ICT4D interventions have high failure rates. We draw on the Technological Innovation for ...Read more
Author:Light, A; Ladeira, I; Roberson, J; Bidwell, N; Rangaswamy, N; Sambasivan, N; Gitau, SDate:Dec 2010The authors present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We ...Read more
Author:Ruxwana, N; Herselman, Martha E; Pottas, DDate:Jul 2011The e-health evolution has the potential to aid management of scarce resources and improve quality if services within healthcare. However, their implementation continues to fail. Amongst other reasons, the lack of project quality management ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, LDate:31 Aug 2010Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) is faced with the challenge of creating sustainable and innovative success stories which speak to the creation of an inclusive digital society. Initial attempts at ICT4D had ...Read more
Author:Mwapwele, S; Marais, Mario A; Dlamini, Sifiso B; Van Biljon, JDate:Nov 2019South African teachers are under pressure due to rising expectations of their content knowledge and digital skills without guaranteed infrastructural or institutional support in using ICTs. The purpose of this study is to find out to what ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario A; Vannini, SDate:May 2021A number of studies in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) focus on projects’ sustainability and resilience. Over the years, scholars have identified many elements to enable achievement of these goals. Nevertheless, ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Nov 2012The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives, and indeed any development initiative, depends on many different factors that has been summarised in terms of financial, social, institutional, technological, and environmental ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Abdullah, HDate:Nov 2014Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have an immense potential as a tool for development. It is now common knowledge that advances in the use of technology can improve economic opportunities for the poor, improve service delivery ...Read more