Literacy.org. Literacy.org is a gateway to electronic resources and tools for the national and international youth and adult literacy communities. This site is jointly sponsored by the International Literacy Institute (ILI) and the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education.
Unesco education. Literacy in Africa. Literacy remains a major barrier to the development of African countries. Despite the progress achieved since 1990, the absolute number of African adults who cannot read or write is increased from 131.4 million in 1990 to 136 million in 2000. Strong demographic growth is one of the major factors.
In 2000, the average literacy rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 52 per cent for women and 68.9 per cent for men, with gender disparities prevailing in 75 per cent of the countries in the region. These figures often hide complex social, cultural and economical realities. For instance, the African continent is marked by strong regional differences in literacy levels (i.e. Western African countries are less literate, with Southern African countries being the most literate).
Literacy policies in Africa are diverse, but they commonly suffer from a lack of financial, material and human resources. However, there are also positive trends. First, there is the growing involvement of NGOs, civil society organizations and local communities in promoting literacy in the region. Second, there are more initiatives proposing literacy programmes and services. And finally, there is a greater effort to make these developments and initiatives better known.
CI (Communication Initiative) network -The Communication Initiative (The CI) network is an online space for sharing the experiences of, and building bridges between, the people and organisations engaged in or supporting communication as a fundamental strategy for economic and social development and change. It does this through a process of initiating dialogue and debate and giving the network a stronger, more representative and informed voice with which to advance the use and improve the impact of communication for development. This process is supported by web-based resources of summarised information and several electronic publications, as well as online research, review, and discussion platforms providing insight into communication for development experiences.
Africa gathering. Africa Gathering brings technophiles, thinkers, entrepreneurs, innovators and everybody else together to talk about positive change in sustainable development, technology, social networking, health, education, environment and good governance in Africa.
African Tech Events. On WhiteAfrican.com, I like to write about technology and give my thoughts on how it is impacting, and can change, Africa. I wrote a paper on mobile connectivity in Africa, that I still think someone should do something about. Overall, this blog is a place where I throw ideas out and hope that they will influence others in some small way. The African blogging community has been very welcoming and I’ve been particularly grateful for the Kenyan Bloggers Webring (KBW), which has a fantastic group of bloggers in it.
African technology development forum. The African Technology Development Forum facilitates the exchange and dissemination of information on inventions, technologies and business opportunities as well as trends in global trade.
The Forum promotes innovation and development by promoting alliances of industry, R&D institutions and government agencies to accelerate technology development and commercialization to create wealth, jobs and contribute to poverty reduction.
Africascopie.org. Nous sommes deux reporters français, Jean ABBIATECI et Antonin SABOT. Du 19 octobre au 7 novembre prochains, nous partons en reportage en Afrique pour Lemonde.fr. Nous nous rendrons successivement au Mali puis au Sénégal.
Au travers notre reportage, nous voulons comprendre les conséquences de la révolution numérique. Quels impacts ont eu les nouvelles technologies (internet, GSM, télévision, ) dans le quotidien de habitants de ces deux pays ?
Sur ce blog, nous allons, au fil des billets, vous faire vivre les différentes étapes de notre reportage. Et partager au quotidien notre découverte de cette Afrique en mouvement, connectée et mondialisée, en pleine mutation.
Ce web-reportage est participatif et ouvert à tous. Aussi une partie de la conversation a lieu à deux clics d’ici (à peine ! ) sur le site de l’Atelier des médias, une émission de RFI qui fédère depuis deux ans une communauté d’internautes, notamment maliens et sénégalais.
Vous êtes donc invités à venir échanger avec nous là-bas ou en commentaire de ce blog. Et si vous êtes sur place à Bamako ou à Dakar, nous serons ravis de vous rencontrer lors de notre passage.
Africa news. The largest network of african reporters.
