DOT-COM Activity: Africa Region - Africadotedu Pilot Project
DOT:dot-GOV
Country: Africa Region
Funder(s): USAID/EGAT/IT
Short Description: This pilot project supplements the NetTel@Africa project budget to fund editing of a book of ICT case studies from all over Africa, published by McGraw Hill-Tata.
Phase/Type of Activity: Pilot Status: Completed
Start date: August 01, 2002 End Date: February 02, 2003
Full Description: This pilot project to the Center to Bridge the Digital Divide, Washington State University supplements the NetTel@Africa project budget to fund editing of a book of ICT case studies from all over Africa, published by McGraw Hill-Tata. The book was successfully launched during Fall 2003, and has been distributed widely, including the 2003 World Information Summit (WSIS).
Update: Completed 2004. The marketing plan for the AfricaDotEdu book included coordinated release of an announcement of the book to a broad range of electronic communities interested in the use of ICT in Africa's Higher Education. A website was developed: AfricaDotEdu web site (http://www.africadotedu.org). The book is available at http://wsupress.wsu.edu
Core funding for the DOT-COM Alliance is provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade, Office of Infrastructure and Engineering (EGAT/OI&E), Office of Education (EGAT/ED), and Office of Women in Development (EGAT/WID), under the terms of Award numbers: GDG-A-00-01-00009-00, dot-GOV; GDG-A-00-01-00014-00, dot-ORG; GDG-A-00-01-00011-00, dot-EDU.
