2015 IST-Africa Conference最新文献

{"title":"Surveying clouds in a global environment","authors":"O. Prnjat, Manuel Rodriguez Pascual, B. Becker, R. Barbera","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190536","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the results of the survey regarding the Research and Education (R&E) clouds in a number of world regions covered by the CHAIN-REDS project, including the sub-Saharan Africa. The survey includes the technical aspects of R&E clouds, as well as issues related to interoperation, interoperability, compatibility, orchestration and federation. Results obtained show a high interest in standards, thus pointing to the fact that the cloud solutions offered by CHAIN-REDS, which include a global cloud federation test-bed and the use of OCCI and CDMI standards, provide a building block for global cloud federated environment.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125128449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Preparing teachers to integrate tablet computers into teaching and learning","authors":"J. Batchelor, Eunice Eyitayo Olakanmi","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190574","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents on-going research at one of the pilot school sites involved in the HP- National Education Technology Assessment (HP-NETa) project which investigates innovative ways of collecting and understanding learning outcome data that emerge from effective technology implementation in the classroom. This paper reflects on teachers' initial self-reported level of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills, confidence level in integrating tablet computers into teaching and learning as well as their attitudes towards the use of tablet computers with a view to ensuring that they could effectively use the ICT pedagogical tools and related services to support teaching and learning. A total of 24 teachers from our targeted school participated in the survey. From the analysis of the survey and interview data, it was found that teachers have positive attitudes towards the use of ICT as a pedagogical tool but they have very little understanding of the various methods that can be used in integrating ICT into teaching and learning processes. Moreover, finding and using appropriate instructional hardware and software technologies were also discovered to constitute barriers to integrating technology into teaching and learning.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"416 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133940814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The value of information - Assessing ICT requirements in local government","authors":"Bianca Forlee, U. Rivett","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190549","url":null,"abstract":"Municipalities are the extension of national government, responsible for the implementation of policy and delivering services to local communities. South African legislation requires citizen engagement, however, the country often experiences poor delivery and “participation” takes the form of protests. Over the last decade, ICTs have been used to address inequalities in service delivery by promoting citizen engagement and enhancing accountability and transparency of local government. The potential of ICTs in this environment has often been met with eagerness, but many unsuccessful projects, with unintended consequences, are examples that the methods of assessing the appropriateness of the technologies need to be revisited. Are we forcing interventions and applications on sectors that are already stretched and under-resourced without questioning the risk? By adopting the Information Value Chain (IVC) approach, this study presents a method to the way we analyse the information needs of municipalities and communities and challenge our own perception of the appropriateness of ICTs as a tool for governance.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131454795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An Internet mediated PhD programme in computer science and information technology","authors":"I. Osman","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190524","url":null,"abstract":"The PhD degree is a requirement for promotion in academia. The brain drain experienced by Sudan and other neighbouring countries has led to a scarcity of PhD supervisors. Thus, many young Sudanese college lecturers holding Master degrees find it difficult to do their PhD locally in Sudan. Furthermore, they cannot seek education abroad due to economic, social and family commitments. This paper describes the PhD programme of Sudan University of Science and Technology which employs the Internet to facilitate the utilization of the international human and technical resources by providing PhD supervisors from renowned universities all over the world. PhD students from all over Sudan and the neighbouring countries participate in lectures, seminars and receive research supervision through interactive software (WebEX) providing audio, video and chat facilities. Students have to come to the university once or twice a year for face to face exams, discussions with supervisors and presentations or progress seminars.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133055406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"E-identity: Basic building block of e-Government","authors":"Jiří Průša","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190586","url":null,"abstract":"Creating a system of electronic identification and authentication represents one of key prerequisites of successful and efficient e-Government that will offer to citizens and businesses comprehensive processing of their requests without the need to physically visit the office. The United Nation, within their regular evaluation of e-Government development, reviews the availability of individual electronic services as well as their sophistication. If public administration wants more than just to provide information and aims to offer its customers higher quality services in the form of transactions or even interconnected services, it will sooner or later try to solve the e-identification issue. Experience of some EU member states and experts` recommendations show that the only e-identification tools with a chance to succeed are those that are simple, user-friendly and allow logging into e-services of both public and private sector. Among those tools, without any doubt, is mobile eID whose potential is to be unlocked especially in Africa, which has become a pioneer in mobile payments and other intelligent services using the widely spread mobile phones. Besides mobile eID a successful identification and authentication tool may also be represented by cards issued in cooperation with banks (payment card issuers), as is the case not only in Europe (e.g. Sweden) but also in Africa, e.g. in Nigeria. Interconnecting of public and private services then brings also the question of attributes` (credentials`) trustworthiness, where the level of trust in a given instrument is derived from the sensitivity of the service and the amount (level) of personal data that are required. For some services, e.g. enabling access to budget information or elected representatives` voting, a basic authentication is enough, to set up a business or to change a residence, more reliable authentication will be required. Together with the increasing mobility there is the possibility to use eID issued in another state and thus enabling easy, simple and fast handling of official matters (including e.g. tax payments) also to citizens of other states. This paper aims to evaluate the European experience with the tools of electronic identification and authentication, building a cross-border system of electronic identification within the STORK and STORK 2.0 projects, including setting a scale of trustworthiness and respecting national solutions and providing inspiration to African states with building electronic identification as one of the basic building blocks of e-Government.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123899427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A conceptual framework for cloud-computing management: An end-user environment perspective","authors":"Likhwa Mlotshwa, A. Leonard, F. Ntawanga","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190555","url":null,"abstract":"The flexibility and scalability of cloud computing affords organisations with a wider range of operational options while reducing capital expenditure. Therefore organisations leveraging the benefits of cloud computing are likely to observe improved company performance and organisational competitiveness. Despite the immense benefits that cloud computing brings to organisations, there are risks and fears associated with its implementation. Common risks stem from end-user fears of a perceived loss of control of their sensitive data. Therein lies the core purpose of this paper: It provides a framework for managing cloud computing from an end-user environment perspective. Research was conducted and empirical data collected from a sample of active players in cloud computing in South Africa. The analysis of the results provided a basis for developing a conceptual framework for cloud-computing management and focussed on the end-users. This framework presents an innovative technique that implements publicly acceptable standards, policies and procedures as well as management controls.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116523127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of ICT for agriculture: A case study of Kakamega county, Kenya","authors":"M. Thiga, S. Ndungu","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190569","url":null,"abstract":"The success of ICT's in agriculture in Kenya has been widely reported with examples such as Mfarm, icow and kilimo salama gaining widespread acclaim However, a 2013 study on the level of utilisation of the Kenya Seed maize variety SMS system revealed that the system was underutilised by both farmers and extension offers alike. This finding, especially among extension officers was quite surprising given that they are the agents of education and change in the farming communities that they serve. This study therefore sought to establish the level of utilisation of ICT's in the region and to identify possible cases for the level of utilisation. The study established that most extension officers were not aware of a majority of ICT's presented to them and made minimal use of the ones that they were of. Information literacy, gender and awareness were found to be the main determinants of utilization with awareness being influenced by the general use of ICT's and in-service training.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127532780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Citizen-centric critical success factors for the implementation of e-government: A case study of Kenya Huduma Centres","authors":"Ibrahim Otieno, E. Omwenga","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190525","url":null,"abstract":"The development of the Internet and emerging technologies offer government new opportunities to serve and interact with citizens in transformative ways that were not possible before. E-government is concerned with transforming service delivery and the fundamental relationship between government and citizens. Most governments have realized the importance of ICT and are therefore moving away from the conventional means of services delivery to the use of e-government. However, e-government has been faced with multiple implementation challenges, particularly in the developing countries, consequently, affecting their success rates. There are very few studies that have been conducted in Kenya to establish success factors and uptake of e-government from a citizen perspective. The aim of this research was to identify these factors and challenges that hinder successful implementation of e-government from a citizen-centric perspective. Specifically, the study identified implementation challenges of e-government in the Kenyan context with special focus on Huduma (Service) Centres. We developed and administered a data collection instrument to citizens at the main Huduma Centre in Nairobi County. Our findings indicate that the greatest challenges faced by citizens in accessing e-government services in order of importance are: inadequate ICT Infrastructure, low citizen participation, poor Internet Connectivity, low government funding and low level of awareness. We also identified challenges and made recommendations to inform future projects.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131138170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A lightweight mobile e-procurement solution for rural small scale traders implemented using a living lab approach","authors":"F. Ntawanga, A. Coleman","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190550","url":null,"abstract":"Proliferation of mobile technologies usage in emerging regions represents an opportunity for leveraging the benefits of mobile ICTs by rural communities. Despite the availability of reliable mobile connectivity infrastructure and a relatively high penetration of mobile devices in rural areas of emerging economies such as South Africa, the use of mobile phones is primarily for voice communication purpose. Data communication is limited to SMS exchange and recently WhatsApp amongst users who are literate to engage in such services. The foregoing suggests that capabilities offered by mobile data communication are not exploited enough in further contributing to leveraging the ICT literacy levels of rural dwellers taking into account their needs, preferences and competencies. This paper presents a lightweight mobile e-procurement application that was implemented for small scale retailers in a rural area of South Africa to conduct business efficiently and cost-effectively. The application's overall goal was to address challenges faced by rural small scale retailers during stock replenishment. The paper demonstrates how the challenges were addressed by exploiting capabilities offered by mobile web and context of the operating environment including users' profiles. Processes of conceptualisation, deployment and user experience evaluation of the lightweight mobile e-procurement application adopted a living lab approach.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123293302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rethinking girl data: The Girl Impact Map","authors":"Kecia M Bertermann, C. Turner","doi":"10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAFRICA.2015.7190591","url":null,"abstract":"The Girl Impact Map layers Rwandan adolescent girl-related data to enable users to track trends, identify programme opportunities and influence policy development. The web-based platform enables users to layer programme data, attitudinal and behavioural data as well as government resources. The platform allows users to compare data at district and sub-district levels and to share maps with others. This paper presents the rationale for developing the platform, the methodology for its development, an example user journey, preliminary results and ongoing development plans.","PeriodicalId":208344,"journal":{"name":"2015 IST-Africa Conference","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121800924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}