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[Kanti Kumar]

What's New at Digital Opportunity Channel
http://www.digitalopportunity.org

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Latest News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1138
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NIGERIA FASTEST GROWING TELECOM MARKET IN AFRICA
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  With $3.8-billion investments and a cumulative 2.8 million lines in only
  two years, Nigeria has attracted the attention of the world as the
  fastest growing telecom market in Africa, and one of the biggest in the
  world.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/72046/1138/631

AFRICA TO GET ONLINE RESEARCH DATABASE  
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  A new African initiative is to be launched to make dissertations and
  theses by researchers and students across the continent available online.
  The move is a bid to increase the worldwide profile and accessibility of
  research by African scholars. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/72044/1138/631

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE VERY FIRST (BUT DEFINITELY NOT THE LAST) OHIO
COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY DAY
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  Angela Stuber and Gabe Gloden of the Ohio Community Computing Network
  (OCCN) in the United States explore how OCCN volunteers spent a day this
  October educating Ohio legislators about the importance of local
  telecentres. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/72027/1138/631

E-GOVERNMENT FOR ALL CONFERENCE OPENS THIS WEEK
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  E-Government for All, a virtual conference focusing on the relationship
  between e-government and the digital divide, is now open to participants.
  Over 800 people from more than 60 nations are expected to take part in
  the event, co-hosted by the Benton Foundations, Bytesforall.org and
  others. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71869/1138/631

ICT SOUTH-SOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME IN UGANDA
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  Twenty-five participants from nine countries will participate in an ICT
  South-South exchange programme in Uganda in November. Organised jointly
  by Hivos, IDRC and IICD, it will enable them to visit various projects in
  Uganda to exchange experiences, obtain knowledge and develop new ideas.
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71710/1138/631

NEW INTERNET PORTAL ON WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICT, PEACE BUILDING
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  An Internet portal offering comprehensive information on the dangers and
  responsibilities facing women and girls during armed conflicts and
  women's roles in peace building has been unveiled by the United Nations
  Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71706/1138/631

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Special Coverage: Information Society & WSIS
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/section/dochannel/wsis
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ASIA-PACIFIC LEADERS EMPHASISE ON SPECIFIC ICT POLICIES 
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  The Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ICT Policies and e-Strategies in Asia and
  the Pacific has laid emphasis on specific policies on poverty reduction
  and the Millennium Development Goals, governance, gender, infrastructure
  and access, human capacity, content and applications, enterprises and
  entrepreneurs, and regional co-operation. The declaration was endorsed by
  high-level Asian delegates at the recently concluded Asian Forum on ICT
  Policies and e-Strategies, as Asia-Pacific input to the World Summit on
  the Information Society (WSIS). 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71384/4732/631

INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM TO SHOWCASE ICT APPLICATIONS AT WSIS 
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  Two hundred organisations and businesses from 80 countries will
  participate in the ICT for Development Platform to be held concurrently
  with the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva. Digital
  Opportunity Channel will also be present at the event, which will show
  how ICTs - from simple transistor radios to high-tech computer systems -
  can be used innovatively to reduce poverty and promote development. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71308/4732/631


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Analysis
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1134
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HOW WILL THE OTHER HALF LIVE? 
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  Last week, the UK Office of Telecommunications announced that half the
  British population are now plugged into the Internet. But what are the
  politicians and ISPs going to do about the rest? 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71980/1134/631

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Partner News
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/4678
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UNITES BRINGS STORIES OF ICT VOLUNTEERING IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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  The UN Information Technology Service (UNITeS) is gathering and posting
  at its Website examples of how ICT volunteers are helping people and
  communities in developing countries. These stories are presented as they
  correspond to particular Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and their
  respective targets. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71712/4678/631

HIVOS THROWS ITS HOUSE OPEN TO EVERYONE
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  Everyone can get to know Hivos, our donor and partner, and its employees
  on this day in an informal way. Films will be shown, Hivos policies
  explained and its campaigns highlighted. And, of course, everybody will
  get the chance to ask questions and converse with each other. Please feel
  free to visit Hivos on 22 November 2003 in The Hague (Netherlands). You
  can register for this day by sending an e-mail to: g.schaars at hivos.nl.  
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/71494/4678/631

OSISA INVITES ICT4D PROPOSALS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA
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  The Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) has formally
  launched its new ICT Programme Guidelines and has invited organisations
  to engage with OSISA on developing effective proposals for ICT s and
  development in Southern Africa. OSISA will support programmes where ICT
  policy, technologies, networking, literacy and development awareness are
  not an end in themselves, but where the emphasis is on social action for
  change. Contact Ashraf Patel at
ashrafp at osiafrica.orgfor more
  information. 
http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotoarticle/addhit/70905/4889/631

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