Sustainable ICT4D in Africa: Where Do We Go From Here?

Tegawendé F. Bissyandé (1) , Daouda Ahmat (2) , Jonathan Ouoba (2) , Gertjan van Stam (3) , Jacques Klein (1) , Yves Le Traon (1)

1 SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust [Luxembourg]
2 LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique
3 UZ - University of Zimbawe [Harare]

In recent years many researchers in Africa and beyond have devoted considerable resources investigating ways to harness the potential of ICT for improving users' livelihood in developing areas. Topics and domains of interest appear to be broad with recurring themes and solutions. Unfortunately there are no clear research roadmaps on what is urgent and of the state of the art solutions. In this position paper for the AFRICOMM series of conference, we propose to investigate some priorities for ICT4D in Africa. We believe that our work could motivate researchers and create a synergy around a few important challenges of ICT4D in Africa.

Mots clés: ICT4D; Africa; development; research topics and priorities

Domaines: Bibliothèque électronique [cs.DL]

Tegawendé F. Bissyandé, Daouda Ahmat, Jonathan Ouoba, Gertjan van Stam, Jacques Klein, et al.. Sustainable ICT4D in Africa: Where Do We Go From Here?. Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries (AFRICOMM 2013), Nov 2013, Blantyre, Malawi. pp.1-10. ⟨hal-00994230⟩