Foko, Thato EThulare, TumisoLegare, Lebogang LMaremi, Keneilwe J2018-01-262018-01-262017-05Foko, T.E., Thulare, T., Legare, L.,L and Maremi, K.J. 2017. Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms. In: IST-Africa 2017 Conference Proceedings, Windhoek, Namibia, 31 May - 02 June 2017978-1-905824-56-4http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8102341http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9993IST-Africa 2017 Conference Proceedings, Windhoek, Namibia, 31 May - 02 June 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 deployment of ICT Platforms in the rural areas. The contribution of ICT Platform adds to the important notion of access which enhances service delivery. This is seen through the Technology Acceptance Models used in this paper. The main research methodology qualitative study and data was collected from 14 container Platform sites. The importance of community leaders and technology champions in the acceptance and usage of these technologies by communities cannot be overemphasised. Finally, there is a need for policy development around deployment and their maintenance of these technologies.enInformation and communication technologyICTICT platformsNational development planRural ICT developmentICT service deliveryTechnology acceptance modelConference PresentationFoko, T. E., Thulare, T., Legare, L. L., & Maremi, K. J. (2017). Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms. IST-Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9993Foko, Thato E, Tumiso Thulare, Lebogang L Legare, and Keneilwe J Maremi. "Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9993Foko TE, Thulare T, Legare LL, Maremi KJ, Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms; IST-Africa; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9993 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Foko, Thato E AU - Thulare, Tumiso AU - Legare, Lebogang L AU - Maremi, Keneilwe J AB - ICTs 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 deployment of ICT Platforms in the rural areas. The contribution of ICT Platform adds to the important notion of access which enhances service delivery. This is seen through the Technology Acceptance Models used in this paper. The main research methodology qualitative study and data was collected from 14 container Platform sites. The importance of community leaders and technology champions in the acceptance and usage of these technologies by communities cannot be overemphasised. Finally, there is a need for policy development around deployment and their maintenance of these technologies. DA - 2017-05 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Information and communication technology KW - ICT KW - ICT platforms KW - National development plan KW - Rural ICT development KW - ICT service delivery KW - Technology acceptance model LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-1-905824-56-4 T1 - Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms TI - Addressing service delivery in rural areas through deployment of information and communication technology platforms UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9993 ER -