- Title
- The deployment of an e-commerce platform and related projects in a rural area in South Africa
- Creator
- Dalvit, Lorenzo, Muyingi, H Hyppolite, Terzoli, Alfredo, Thinyane, Mamello
- Date
- 2007
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/428545
- Identifier
- vital:72519
- Identifier
- https://nru.uncst.go.ug/bitstream/handle/123456789/6552/Information%20Communica-tion%20Technologies%20%20page%20410.pdf?sequence=1andisAllowed=y#page=256
- Description
- In our paper we describe the development and deployment of an ecommerce platform in Dwesa, a rural area in the former homeland of Transkei in South Africa. The system is designed to promote tourism and advertise local arts, crafts and music, and it entails a number of re-lated projects. Deployment of infrastructure, technical support, promo-tion of the initiative and teaching of computer literacy take place during monthly visits of approximately one week, and involve young research-ers from two universities (one previously disadvantaged; the other his-torically privileged). This ensures a synergy between technical exper-tise and understanding of the local context. Findings so far emphasise the importance of contextualising the intervention to suit local needs and adjust to the local context. The platform is currently being extended to include e-government, e-learning and e-health capabilities. If proven successful, this model can be exported to similar areas in South africa and in the rest of Africa. This could open up potential opportunities for the still unexplored market for ICT in rural Africa.
- Format
- 9 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development, Dalvit, L., Muyingi, H., Terzoli, A. and Thinyane, M., 2007. The deployment of an e-commerce platform and related projects in a rural area in South Africa. Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development, 27, pp.27-38, Strengthening the Role of ICT in Development volume 27 number 1 27 38 2007 978-9970-02-871-2
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RU School of Languages and Literatures
Dalvit, Lorenzo (Prof)
Terzoli, Alfredo (Prof)
RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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