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An access-technology agnostic delivery model for ICT4D services

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Botha, Adèle ; Makitla, I Date: Feb 2012 The 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
Access-technology agnostic delivery platform for ICT4D services

Author: Makitla, I ; Fogwill, T ; Botha, Adèle Date: Oct 2012 The 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
Analysis of the factors affecting the sustainability of ICT4D initiatives

Author: Marais, Mario A Date: Oct 2011 The 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
Beyond being a proxy user: a look at NGOs‘ potential role in ICT4D deployment

Author: Gitau, S ; Diga, K ; Bidwell, NJ ; Marsden, G Date: 2010 Non-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
Co-creating an ICT artefact with women in South Africa

Author: Smith, Ronel ; Herselman, Martha E ; Turpin, Marita Date: Apr 2019 The 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
Cofimvaba: Innovative and systemic technology application in rural, education focused, agri-based development initiatives

Author: Van Rensburg, J Date: Oct 2012 In 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
Conceptualising a German mathematics education teacher professional development course based on a South African success model

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Botha, Adèle ; Platz, M Date: Oct 2017 The 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
Enhancing the quality of government service delivery through the use of mobile technologies: A South African context

Author: Ogunleye, O Date: Oct 2012 The 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
Ethics issues and research in vulnerable communities: a case study from the North West province of South Africa

Author: Smith, R ; Stillman, L Date: Oct 2014 Through 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
Evaluating a mobile tablet project in rural South Africa against criteria to comply with being an innovative educational ecosystem

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Botha, Adèle ; Maremi, Keneilwe J Date: Jul 2019 The 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
An exploration of the integration challenges inherent in the adoption of ICT in an education system

Author: Meyer, I ; Marais, Mario A ; Ford, Merryl ; Dlamini, Sifiso B Date: May 2017 The 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
Exploring functional dynamics of innovation for inclusive development: Event history analysis of an ICT4D project

Author: Maarsingh, B ; Grobbelaar, SS ; Uriona-Maldonado, M ; Herselman, Martha E Date: Aug 2021 Information 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
Gender matters: Female perspectives in ICT4D research

Author: Light, A ; Ladeira, I ; Roberson, J ; Bidwell, N ; Rangaswamy, N ; Sambasivan, N ; Gitau, S Date: Dec 2010 The 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
Generic Quality Assurance Model (GQAM) for successful e-health acquisition in rural hospitals

Author: Ruxwana, N ; Herselman, Martha E ; Pottas, D Date: Jul 2011 The 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
ICT for society through society: Application of code-sprints as entrepreneurial enabler

Author: Coetzee, L Date: 31 Aug 2010 Information 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
ICT support environment in developing countries: The multiple cases of school teachers in rural South Africa

Author: Mwapwele, S ; Marais, Mario A ; Dlamini, Sifiso B ; Van Biljon, J Date: Nov 2019 South 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
Network weaving to foster resilience and sustainability in ICT4D

Author: Marais, Mario A ; Vannini, S Date: May 2021 A 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
An overview of the role of social capital in development processes

Author: Marais, Mario A Date: Nov 2012 The 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
Planning a multi-institutional information for development study centre

Author: Moreno, A ; Sutinen, E ; Laine, TH ; Herselman, Martha E ; Isaac, Sherrin J ; Botha, Adèle ; Foko, Thato E Date: May 2010 This paper describes the processes followed in establishing an I4D Study Centre at the Meraka Institute (South Africa). The initiative started as a joint effort between the Meraka Institute (South Africa) and University of Eastern Finland ... Read more
Rapid and collaborative development of socially relevant computing solutions for developing communities

Author: Mtsweni, Jabu S ; Abdullah, H Date: Nov 2014 Information 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

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