Using ICTs to Promote Social Accountability
I am happy for this opportunity to participate in this Northern ICT4D Series by contributing to the discussion on social accountability in Ghana and how Information and Communication Technologies can be applied to enhance the process of making state actors more accountable to citizens. I must say that this subject is dear to my heart mainly because of my background as a human rights activist and secondly SEND has been deeply involved in mobilizing right holder (ordinary citizens) to engage with duty bearers (state actors) at the grassroots level to improve the quality of implementing HIPC funded project and programmes, contract management and award and the Ghana school feeding programme using the participatory monitoring and evaluation framework »


ICTS AND BUSHFIRES.
The Northern Node of GINKS on the 29th of January 2008 organized a forum as part of activities for GINKS ICT4D Northern series. The purpose of the forum was to take a critical look at bush fires in the Northern Region of Ghana, and the possibility or otherwise of ICT playing a role in curbing its occurrence. »


CHANNELING THE YOUTHFUL ICT SKILLS IN THE NORTH INTO PRODUCTIVE USE
Internet cafés in Northern Ghana are becoming schools for crime where young people share their skills with each other, abuse, misuse and under-use ICTs. How can the youth of Northern Ghana channel their skills in ICT into productive use? These are the questions that the 28th February 2008 edition of the Northern ICT4D series sought to share knowledge on and answer. »


CYBERSERIES – February 6, 2008.
This edition of Cyber Series was the first in 2008, and was more of a session of reflection for both the organizers and the participants of the event. The theme “Starting 2008 right” »


CLASH OF THE TITANS – EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MOBILE TELEPHONY INDUSTRY IN GHANA
The mobile industry has been the main driver for most economies in recent years. With a general subscription of 6million users in Ghana, there is fierce competition amongst the various operators for market share. To this extent, mobile operators are only able survive if they can deploy innovative emerging technologies to their services.
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