"ICT Skills for Development Managers"
Unrealized potential economic and human development that could be achieved through information & communication technology.
If increased deployment of information & communication technology leads to greater digital opportunities, including economic and human development, ICT can be framed and applied as a potent tool in reducing poverty, extending health services, expanding educational opportunities and generally improving the quality of life for many of the world's disadvantaged.
The leveraging of ICT to facilitate broader public goods including improved health care, literacy, civic responsiveness and equitable access to economic opportunity creates social capital essential for the full leveraging of economic development potential that can be achieved through the use of digital tools and telecommunications
WIRE AFRICA
Wire Africa, an organization committed to break Africa's millennia long curse of poverty by providing solutions (Technological, Financial and Technical) to foster the economic and social development of Africa;
IN COLLABORATION WITH
MINDXCHANGE CONSULTING
MindXchange Consulting is the leader in enterprise-wide, world-class solutions. Our training programs teach easy – to – use tools and skills that help individuals create superior performance in the workplace. At the same time, they deliver measurably
improved bottom line results for their organization.
Is
Putting together a capacity building, multi-stakeholder and multi-action training tagged "ICT Skills for Development Managers"
Objectives:
Equip Participants with the necessary skills to foster telecommunications and Information Technology Development in Africa through policy advice, development works, technical assistance, innovation, mobilization of resources and initiatives to extend access and bridge the digital divide.
Equip Development managers with ICT project implementation skills, ICT outsourcing, consulting and management.
Equip development managers with the know-how of community development using ICT as the bedrock for development initiatives.
The Training will cover the following topics;
Internet Technologies
E-commerce/ E-business
Introduction to Web Development
ICT project implementation and management
ICT consulting and outsourcing
Review of ITU/INFODEV ICT Regulation Toolkit
ICT Policy Making and Advocacy
Wireless Technologies
Investing in Technology
Target Participants:
Professionals interested in development works, community development managers, social entrepreneurs, IT Personnel, Network Administrators, Civil Societies` senior managers, Experienced business analyst willing to venture into community development.
Duration: 2 DAYS
AUGUST 30-31, 2006
VENUE: MONEY MARKET ASSOCIATION COMPLEX,
1398b Tiamiyu Salvage Street ,
Victoria Island, Lagos
Deadline for Registration: August 20, 2006
Participation Fee: $ 120 N 15, 000 only
For more information email:
wireafrica@googlemail.com, consultant_mindxchange@yahoo.com, nnenna_ukoha@yahoo.com
or call Nnenna on 08036672892, 08056852376 or Oye on 08035657738, 01-7241998
For international participants call gbenga on (229) 93 47 83 27 or Naomi on (229) 93 011351
