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Technologies
Africa Internet Infrastructure Information
http://www3.sn.apc.org/africa/
Africances, African informatics and telecommunications network.
http://www.africances.fr/ (was not
functioning as on 5 September 2000)
AITEC, African IT Exhibitions
& Conferences, information service for Africa's computing,
telecommunications and Internet
http://aitecafrica.com/
ICANN,
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, non-profit corporation
performed under U.S. Government contract, to assume responsibility for the IP
address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system
management, and root server system management functions
http://www.icann.org/
ISOC,
Internet Society, International NGO working for cooperation in the fields of
education, standards and policies on the Internet
http://www.isoc.org/
ITU,
International Telecommunications Union
http://www.itu.ch/
NUA Internet
Surveys, information resource with data and trends on Internet
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/
Projects,
initiatives and networks
Acacia, a program of Idrc, international
initiative conceived to bring together work done in local communities of
Sub-Saharan Africa, specially their capacities of implementing information and
communication technologies for social and economic development.
http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ (not
updated since 1997)
ADIT, Agence pour la Diffusion de l'Information
Technologique, french agency for the dissemination of information technology
offering a database on interactive access to worldwide science and technology.
http://www.adit.fr/
Africa
NTI, site of joint effort of CNRS-ORSTOM regards research
http://www.regards.cnrs.fr/africanti/
Africa Server, Internet gateway for Africa
http://www.africaserver.nl/front_uk.htm
Aftidev, Africa, Technologies, Information and DEvelopment aims to
collect experiences in the practical application of information and
communication technologies and to establish a platform for exchange on the
Internet.
http://www.aftidev.net/fr/
AIF, Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie
http://agence.francophonie.org/
AISI, African Information Society Initiative, mandate adopted by the
Economic Commission for the Africa (ECA) in 1996 for using information and
communication technology to accelerate economic and social development in
Africa
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/aisi/
Anaïs, Advisory Network on Information Strategies in Africa
http://www.anais.org/
AUF,
University agency of francophony
http://www.aupelf-uref.org/
Balancing Act, initiative whose aim is to facilitate the development of
content for the internet and other new media technologies in Africa that will
have an impact on people's lives
http://www.balancingact-africa.com/
Bellanet, program of a consortium of several organizations involved in
development aid (Canada) for promoting the use of information and communication
technologies in developing countries.
http://www.bellanet.org/
Bridges.org, organisation whose mission is to help people in developing
countries and emerging economies use information technology to help
themselves
http://www.bridges.org/
Capacity.org, Website of the European Centre for Development Policy
Management devoted to advancing the policy and practice of capacity building in
international development cooperation
http://www.capacity.org
CDI/CDE, Centre for the Development of Industry/Centre for the
Development of Enterprise, ACP-EU institution financed by the european
Development Fund (EDF)
http://www.cdi.be/opening/800/index.htm
CIFDI, Centre International Francophone de Documentation et
d'Information de l'Agence de la Francophonie
http://cifdi.francophonie.org/
Crepac, international network of communications universities
http://www.crepac.com/
Diderot,
Internet au Sud, site created within the framework of Information Society
and Development Program of the United Nations Institute for Training and
Research (UNITAR)
http://diderot.rio.net/
EFITA, European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture,
Food and the Environment
http://www.efita.dk/
EIARD
Infosys, European Information System on Agricultural Research for
Development and Related Fields
http://www.eiard-infosys.org/
EGFAR, Electronic Global Forum on Agricultural Research,
multi-stakeholders initiative that contributes to eradicating poverty,
achieving food security, and conserving and managing natural resources by
enhancing national capacities to generate, adapt and transfer technology
http://www.egfar.org/
Eldis,
gateway for online information on development in countries of the South,
financed by Danida (Denmark) and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies
(UK)
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/
Electronic commerce, experts team of the European Commission
http://europa.eu.int/ISPO/ecommerce/
EUFORIC, non profit organization, European forum for international
cooperation
http://www.euforic.org/
Fonds
francophone des inforoutes, program to develop information highways with an
aim to democratize access to them, develop and promote an environment for
economic and social development for the benefit of francophones
http://www.francophonie.org/fonds/fonds.htm
FUNREDES, international non-governmental organization devoted to the
spread of the new information and communications technologies (NITC) in
developing countries, specially in Latin America and the Caribbean
http://www.funredes.org/ (not
updated since January 2000)
GDG, Global Development Gateway,
Internet portal for development supported by the World Bank in collaboration
with the private sector, NGOs, international agencies and governments, helping
communities to share exchange knowledge and launch initiatives in the field of
development
http://www.worldbank.org/gateway/
GDN, Global Development Network, network created in 1998 from regional
networks in order to support knowledge generation and knowledge sharing in the
field of development
http://www.gdnet.org/
IICD,
International Institute for Communication and Development founded in 1997 by
the Dutch Ministry for cooperation in development
http://www.iicd.org/
INASP,
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, a
cooperative network working to improve access to scientific information
worldwide and specially in developing countries
http://www.inasp.org.uk/
InfoAgrar,
Agricultural Information and Documentation Service of the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC)
http://www.infoagrar.ch/
InfoDev, information for development program of the World Bank whose
aim is to promote projects using ITCs for the social and economic development
of developing countries
http://www.worldbank.org/infodev/
Inter-Réseaux, platform specialised in international cooperation
and rural development for the southern countries
http://www.inter-reseaux.org/index.html
INTIF, Institut Francophone des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information
et de la formation from Agence Intergouvernementale de la francophonie
(AIF)
http://intif.francophonie.org/
OneWorld, global organization whose aim is to facilitate access to the
Internet with a view to promoting the rights of man and sustainable development
http://www.oneworld.net/
ORIDEV, non profit and non governmental organization in Benin, to
promote development by using information and communication technologies
http://www.oridev.org/
OSIRIS, Observatory of information systems, networks, and information
highways in Senegal, an association created for the use and absorption of
information and communications technologies in Senegal
http://www.osiris.sn/
PICTA,
Partnership for Information and Communication Technologies in Africa, an
informal group of lenders and executing agencies working together to exchange
information and to collaborate on activities relating to ICTs in Africa
http://www.bellanet.org/partners/picta/
RIO, Réseau Intertropical d'Ordinateurs, (IRD, France)
http://antares.rio.net/rio/ (was
not functioning as on 5 September 2000)
Riofil, international
network of francophone bodies monitoring information highways and informatic
processing of languages
http://www.riofil.org/ (was not
functioning as on 5 September 2000)
SD Gateway, Web site of RCDD,
Communications network for sustainable development (formerly, Spinning the
Web), a group of leading non-governmental organizations working together to
find ways of using the Internet to fulfill objectives of sustainable
development
http://sdgateway.net/noframe/fr_start.htm
SDNP
Networking and Information Technology (NIT) Observatory, website of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Information Technologies for
developing countries
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory/
UNESCO, Observatory on the Information Society
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/observatory/index.shtml
WIDE Initiative, Web of information for development initiative of the
United Nations Development Program's Special Unit for Technical Cooperation
among Developing Countries
http://www.undp.org/tcdc/wide/index.html
Regional
research directories
Mbolo, the guide to the African Web
http://www.mbolo.com/
Orientation.com, site of portal sites of developing countries
Orientation Africa, thematic directory of research sites for Africa
http://af.orientation.com/
Orientation Latin America and the Caribbean
http://la.orientation.com/
Orientation Asia
http://as.orientation.com/
SearchEngineGuide.com , regional directory, guide to search engines,
portals and directories
http://www.searchengineguide.com/pages/Regional/
NBCI (Search & Find:Local:World Regions) geographic directory
http://www.nbci.com/
WoYaa!,
African portal and search engine, directory of African Web sites
http://www.woyaa.com/indexFR.html
Yahoo! and its regional directories: Europe, Pacific, Americas
http://yahoo.com/
Electronic press:
news services, specialized journals
Africa Intelligence, database of newsletters on
current political and economic events
http://www.indigo-net.com/afrique.html
Africa News, news database complied from 60 sources, 40 of which are
African organizations
http://www.africanews.org/
Afrik.com, le Portail de l'Afrique, Web portal with african news
http://www.afrik.com/
AllAfrica, multi-media company headquartered in the United States and
Africa, electronic distributor of African news and information
http://allafrica.com/
e-OnTheInternet
(e-OTI), international electronic magazine and information resource of the
Internet Society (ISOC), published twice a year, with articles about the
ongoing development of Internet technology and its impact on business,
education, and society
http://www.isoc.org/oti/
EJISDC, the Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing
Countries
http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/ejisdc/ejisdc.htm
First
Monday, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the Internet
http://firstmonday.org/
INASP
Newsletter
http://www.inasp.org.uk/newslet/index.html
InternetNews.com
http://www.internetnews.com/
Libération Multimedia
http://www.liberation.com/multi/
Le Monde interactif
http://www.lemonde.fr/aietek/
Multimedium , daily press reviews on the new information
technologies
http://www.mmedium.com/
Net2one , customized announcements and information
http://www.net2one.com/
Objectif
: L'observateur des tendances inforoutières en francophonie, free
magazine of CIDIF
http://objectif.cidif.org/
Panafrican News Agency , Panafrican information agency
http://www.rapide-pana.com/
Pan Asia Networking , initiative of IRDC (Canada) to encourage research
projects that propose innovative approaches to community networking in Asian
developing countries
http://www.PanAsia.org.sg/
RFI, Radio France International
http://www.rfi.fr/
Stratégie
internet , information and advice for business management
http://www.strategie-internet..com/
Syfia, Francophone press agency
http://www.syfia.com/
Forums and mailing
lists
List of electronic mailing lists on sustainable
development, on the Web site SD-Gateway
http://sdgateway.net/noframe/fr_maillist.htm
Afagrict-l, list created by the CTA to encourage discussion on the
development of ITCs in the domains of African agriculture and the management of
natural resources
http://www.agricta.org/afagrict-l
Africana-l, list on Information Technology in Africa
http://sdgateway.net/mailinglists/fr_list16.htm
Afrik-IT, english discussion list of the African Network of IT Experts
and Professionals (ANITEP), devoted to the using of information and
communication technologies in Africa
http://listserv.heanet.ie/afrik-it.html
afrique-internet
afrique-internet@coollist.com
Agents, list devoted to the tools for information retrieval and watch on
Internet
agents-subscribe@egroups.com
bellanet-l, public moderated list with annoucements and news in order to
support collaborations for international development by using information and
communication technologies
http://www.bellanet.org/lyris/
Intelligence by Cybion
http://www.veille.com/
list-observatory-is, UNESCO Observatory list on information society
Majordomo@unesco.org
Multimedium Veille
http://www.mmedium.com/forum/
Prospective, list for Internet watching
prospective-subscribe@egroups.com
sd-webworks, discussion forum of the Sustainable Development
Communications Network (SDCN), hosted by the International Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD, Canada), on-line community sharing knowledge
about using the Internet more effectively for sustainable development
http://sdgateway.net/webworks//discussion.htm
Veille, liste devoted to watching on Internet
veille-subscribe@egroups.com
Electronic
bulletins and newsletters
Actu Moteurs, all on search engines
http://www.abondance.com/
Agri-Mail, the weekly newsletter from AgriOnline
http://www.agrionline.com/
BATIK, bulletin for analyzing information and communication
technologies, monthly newsletter from Osiris
http://www.osiris.sn/batik.htm
Le
Courrier de Protel, electronic message sent every two weeks with
information about the website, the last publications, the last sheets from the
observatory and the agenda of training courses by Protel
http://www.protel.fr/
Du
côté du Web et de l'informatique agricole, from ACTA
Informatique
liste-afia@acta.asso.fr
Eldis Development Reporter, selection of the latest additions to the
ELDIS, the gateway to information on development
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/
Franconnex.com
- Le Bulletin, bimonthly email version of the news of the Website
Franconnex.com whose aim is to disseminate information in french from
developing countries for stakeholders involved in the development of
information technologies
http://www.franconnex.com/abonn.cfm
GFAR Newsletter, electronic newsletter for disseminnating
information on GFAR activities, events and meetings being organized or
facilitated in the context of the Global Forum
http://www.egfar.org/
Grain de
Sel, liaison newsletter from Inter-Réseaux
http://www.inter-reseaux.org/publications/graindesel/graindesel.htm
The InfoDEV Bulletin
http://www.infodev.org/news/nehome.htm
Interf@ce, the electronic newsletter from the ANAIS network on the
social relevance of ICTs
http://www.anais.org/interface/index.html
l'Internaute, news by Le Journal du Net produced by Benchmark Group
http://www.linternaute.com/
Internet actu, journal edited by the independant press society,
FTPress
http://www.internetactu.com/
La Lettre de l'ADIT, electronic information service on scientific and
technical news
subscribe.lalettre@adit.fr
Le journal du Net, free newsletter (three times a week) on Net events by
Benchmark Group
http://www.journaldunet.com/
Liaison francophone, francophonic development of information highways
(interrupted on December 2000)
http://www.francophonie.org/liaison/
News Update, free e-letter produced by Balancing Act that covers African
Internet contents and infrastructure developments
http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/current1.html
NIT Observatory, news from SDNP Networking and Information Technology
(NIT) on information technologies for developing countries
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory/userform.html
ORIT@, monthly electronic bulletin from ORIDEV on information and
communication technologies in Bénin
http://www.anais.org/oridev/orita/
P@ssDev Infos, monthly newsletter published within the framework of the
P@ssDev program and whose aim is to promote the use of the new information and
communications technologies for the development of countries of the South and
of francophone Africa in particular
http://www.egroups.fr/files/passdev-infos/
Protel News : Le mensuel des nouveaux enjeux, information service of the
agency Protel in the Reunion Island for promoting local and regional project
and innovations in the field of information and communication technologies
http://www.protel.fr/publi/pnews/pnews.asp
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