The African Society for Information & Communication Technology (ASICT) is a society pioneering and promoting the participation of information technology and allied professionals in the growth and development of ICT in Africa. The association creates a forum for addressing the multi-prong challenges of Africa through ICT-based solutions which have contextual and cultural relevance. We seek to increase the influence of IT and Allied professionals among decision-makers in Africa by using collaboration and mentoring as viable tools for promoting informed policy on national and international ICT issues.
Our membership cuts across academics, scientists, engineers, professionals, and businesses in the information technology and allied professions. Organizations and individuals who share a common interest in enabling Africa to participate as knowledge producers and not just knowledge consumers in today’s information age are welcome to join the society.
A plethora of information and communications technology (ICT) and management scholars and practitioners have suggested the need for human capacity development for the ICT domain in developing economies. Empowering these economies to develop the right solutions with contextual and cultural relevance requires institutions to educate and train graduates to meet their contemporary needs. Most developing economies face challenges in establishing and sustaining ICT degree programs, namely, the acute lack of qualified faculty and the exodus of the few graduating talents to the West. Further, some existing degree programs may be considered to be more of an adoption rather than the adaption of content from universities in developed countries, usually North America and Europe. In essence, these economies need to move from being primarily consumers of the information age to becoming producers of ICT and management knowledge, products and services. The ICT University (ICT-U) is a plausible solution to the aforementioned challenges.
Cape Town, South Africa will host the 13th International Congress on Medical Informatics from the 12 - 15 of September 2010.
The Second Ghana Graduates Conference (GGC 2010) is themed - "My Dream for Ghana". The objective of GGC 2010 is to explore the contributions to socio-economic development in Ghana from the perspective of undergraduate and postgraduate scholars and/or scholars in the early years of their professional careers. It will be a place for discourse and debate on novel approaches to building a better Ghana.
