TY - BOOK ID - 8061628 TI - E-infrastructures and e-services on developing countries : First International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2009, Maputo, Mozambique, December 3-4, 2009, proceedings AU - Villafiorita, Adolfo AU - Saint-Paul, Regis AU - Zorer, Alessandro AU - International ICST Conference on E-Infrastructure and E-Services for Developing Countries PY - 2010 SN - 3642127002 9786612835865 1282835866 3642127010 PB - Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Ambient intelligence. KW - Internetworking (Telecommunication) -- Congresses. KW - Mobile communication systems -- Congresses. KW - Wireless communication systems -- Congresses. KW - Wireless communication systems -- Security measures -- Congresses. KW - Information technology KW - Wireless communication systems KW - Internet in public administration KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Electrical & Computer Engineering KW - Commerce KW - Computer Science KW - Information Technology KW - Marketing & Sales KW - Business & Economics KW - Electronic commerce KW - Computer science. KW - Computer communication systems. KW - Software engineering. KW - Information storage and retrieval. KW - User interfaces (Computer systems). KW - Computer engineering. KW - Computer Science. KW - Computer Engineering. KW - Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet). KW - Computer Communication Networks. KW - Information Storage and Retrieval. KW - Software Engineering. KW - User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction. KW - Information storage and retrieva. KW - Informatics KW - Science KW - Computer software engineering KW - Engineering KW - Information storage and retrieval systems. KW - Automatic data storage KW - Automatic information retrieval KW - Automation in documentation KW - Computer-based information systems KW - Data processing systems KW - Data storage and retrieval systems KW - Discovery systems, Information KW - Information discovery systems KW - Information processing systems KW - Information retrieval systems KW - Machine data storage and retrieval KW - Mechanized information storage and retrieval systems KW - Computer systems KW - Electronic information resources KW - Data libraries KW - Digital libraries KW - Information organization KW - Information retrieval KW - Application software. KW - Interfaces, User (Computer systems) KW - Human-machine systems KW - Human-computer interaction KW - Communication systems, Computer KW - Computer communication systems KW - Data networks, Computer KW - ECNs (Electronic communication networks) KW - Electronic communication networks KW - Networks, Computer KW - Teleprocessing networks KW - Data transmission systems KW - Digital communications KW - Electronic systems KW - Information networks KW - Telecommunication KW - Cyberinfrastructure KW - Electronic data processing KW - Network computers KW - Application computer programs KW - Application computer software KW - Applications software KW - Apps (Computer software) KW - Computer software KW - Computers KW - Distributed processing KW - Design and construction KW - IT (Information technology) KW - Technology KW - Telematics KW - Information superhighway KW - Knowledge management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8061628 AB - The first edition of a conference is a significant organizational and scientific gamble. In some cases, these challenges are rewarded by results well above the initial expec- tions. AFRICOMM 2009, the First International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, was clearly one of such cases. The conference aimed at bringing together international researchers, public of- cers, policy makers and practitioners in ICT to discuss issues and trends, recent research, innovation advances, and on-the-field experiences related to e-Government, e-Governance, e-Infrastructure, and e-Business, with a focus on developing countries. It is in fact widely accepted that ICT Infrastructure and (e-*)services are key drivers for development, well-being, and improved quality of life. This was also highlighted by Kofi Annan, former UN General Secretary, in 2002: “While ICT cannot address all of [Africa's] problems, they can do much to place Africa on a firmer industrial footing. . . and strengthen the continent's human resources, with training that leads to sustainable livelihoods. ” AFRICOMM 2009 was organized in three tracks: two of them organized as Research Tracks, on Information and Communication Infrastructures and on e- Services for Developing Countries, and one Policy and Governance Track. Contri- tions to the first two tracks were selected by peer-review, while the policies session involved key stakeholders in the areas of ICT, development, and policy making who submitted position papers. Participation and selection of papers for the tracks was quite good. ER -