The document discusses developing ICT infrastructure in Africa and providing access. It emphasizes that planning without action is futile, and action without planning is fatal. Access to ICT must be available, accessible, and affordable. The document raises questions about defining the problem ICT aims to solve, identifying "killer apps" for ICT in agriculture, and thinking independently rather than just following trends. Contact information is provided for the author.

1. Developing ICT Infrastructure in
Africa and Providing Access
Towela Nyirenda Jere, PhD
Programmes Manager
NEPAD e-Africa Programme
CTA ICT Observatory, Wageningen
April 2013

2. Planning without action is
futile; Action without planning
is fatal

4. Access – Available, Accessible,
Affordable
• Source: ICT in agriculture sourcebook (
http://www.ictinagriculture.org/content/ict-agriculture-sourcebook0

5. Thinking Allowed
• If ICTs are the answer, what is the question?
• What is/are the “killer app(s)” for ICT in
Agriculture?
• Only dead fish go with the flow

6. THANK YOU
Contact Information
Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD
Email: towelan@nepad.org
Tel. : +27 11 256 3587

7. THANK YOU
Contact Information
Towela Nyirenda-Jere, PhD
Email: towelan@nepad.org
Tel. : +27 11 256 3587