Author:Dlodlo, NDate:May 2009This paper describes the impact of socio-economic factors on girls and women’s access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) education and training in a rural South African environment and recommends strategies for improved access ...Read more
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:Foko, Thato E; Thulare, Tumiso; Legare, Lebogang L; Maremi, Keneilwe JDate:May 2017ICTs have power to connect or provide access to poor people in remote rural villages. The initiatives to deploy ICTs in rural areas have mostly not been sustainable. The purpose of the paper is to ascertain what factors lead to the unsuccessful ...Read more
Author:Masonta, Moshe T; Mekuria, Fisseha; Mzyece, MDate:Sep 2013Television white spaces (TVWS) are unused portion of TV spectrum as a result of analogue TV coverage planning and the migration to digital terrestrial TV (DTT). As a member of the International Telecommunications (ITU) Region 1, South African ...Read more
Author:Kinyondo, J; Van Biljon, J; Gerber, ADate:May 2012Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is regarded as an enabler of social and economic development. Due to various challenges, ICT has not been accepted and used effectively to assist with the socio-economic development in Tanzania. ...Read more
Author:Botha, Adèle; Herselman, Martha E; Rametse, S; Maremi, Keneilwe JDate:May 2017Teachers recognize the importance of integrating technology into their classroom practice and the endeavour has attracted much attention. Teacher Professional Development (TPD) initiatives have focused on enabling and supporting teachers. ...Read more
Author:Jolliffe, BDate:Aug 2006Slides include: What is the knowledge economy? Drivers; Will it contribute to development? Development as freedom; Knowledge Economy, ICTs, convergence etc; Ducks to put in a row; Patents and knowledge economy; South Africa? Threat to local ...Read more
Author:Dlodlo, N; Foko, Thato EDate:Oct 2012One of the mandates of the Department of Basic Education (DBE) in South Africa is to distribute textbooks to both urban and remote rural schools. The challenge that the DBE faces in this regard is that the distribution machinery has not been ...Read more
Author:Maneschijn, MM; Botha, Adèle; Van Biljon, JADate:Nov 2013Possessing appropriate ICT skills has become necessary to meet the demands of the knowledge driven economies. Therefore, the transfer of those skills to Higher Education learners must be accomplished effectively. The purpose of this paper is ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:2003This Annual Report offers a brief snapshot of the CSIR’s activities during the year under review by highlighting a number of innovative projects and initiatives in these areas.Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Dec 2007The major objective of the Meraka Institute is to facilitate national economic and social development through human capital development and needs-based research and innovation, leading to products and services based on Information and ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Sep 2009The major objective of the Meraka Institute is to facilitate national economic and social development through human capital development and needs-based research and innovation, leading to products and services based on Information and ...Read more
Author:Williams, Q; Greeff, M; Boshemane, S; Alberts, RDate:May 2008Both the physical and virtual aspects of our current society are designed for able-bodied people. This means that very often people with disabilities are excluded from participation and faces barriers to living independently. This paper looks ...Read more
Author:Twinomurinzi, H; Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J; Byrne, EDate:2010This chapter reviews the context of the South African government and its conspicuous inclination to the way of life, Ubuntu. Ubuntu is growing in popularity and is increasingly being applied as an African solution to African problems such as ...Read more
Author:Jacobs, P; Von Solms, S; Grobler, MDate:Jul 2015Security Operation Centres (SOCs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) or Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) can play a pivotal role in the monitoring of, and response to threats, attacks and vulnerabilities in ...Read more
Author:Naude, AH; Maritz, JohanDate:May 2007The focus of this paper is the emerging potential for radical e-enabled changes involving two key rural development drivers, namely: Enhanced collaboration - addressing problems such as small enterprise sizes low rural demand and supply chain ...Read more
Author:Ouma, S; Herselman, Martha E; Van Greunen, DDate:Jul 2010Currently within the developing world, there are many ongoing projects and pilot studies in the healthcare sector. However, there is a tendency of developing the m-health (mobile-health) applications without looking into factors that can lead ...Read more
Author:Van der Vyver, AG; Marais, Mario ADate:Nov 2013This paper contains a report on the uses, expectations and gratifications experienced by the users of digital doorways. The researchers adopted a grounded theory approach in their analysis of 200 narratives collected from the users. The stories ...Read more
Author:Madhoo, H; Khatri, A; Willemse, T; Oosthuizen, D; Coetzee, LDate:Apr 2015The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a concept where animate and inanimate objects have the ability to collect and exchange data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. Through the utilisation of IoT and ...Read more
Author:Foko, Thato E; Thulare, T; Legare, LL; Maremi, Keneilwe JDate:May 2017The 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