Implementing ICT policy for the benefit of Africans
In this blog I am addressing the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in the application for the position of African ICT Policy Advocacy Coordinator. The issues to be addressed are: a) why do you think ICT policy is in critical need of attention in Africa; b) what do you think are the most important areas to intervene in the near future?; and, c) how do you see the relationship between human rights and the internet? ICT Policy First, I wish to address our understanding of ICT and how we can integrate it into our governance systems and also our daily lives. I have struggled to find a term for this and the best I could find was “ Progress through Technology”, or in German, “Vorsprung Durch Technik” . I prefer to use the German expression because in German the word “Technik” not only means technology, but also the technique of studying and mastering the skills of something. Thus my belief that African countries need to relook at their ICT Policy a...