The ACOPEA objectives are to promote child online safety awareness across Africa, raise awareness among stakeholders, and become the focal point for child online safety in Africa. Rapid growth in ICT and internet use in Africa has increased online risks for children like abuse images, grooming, and cyberbullying. ACOPEA has developed a Pan-African model for child online protection education and awareness, including a train-the-trainer program and awareness materials. It has piloted the program in Ethiopia with support from Facebook and ITU, and seeks further support to expand the program across Africa.
The Insafe network is a European project consisting of 30 Awareness Centres, 29 Helplines, and youth panels that promote the safe and responsible use of the internet among young people. It is funded by the EU Safer Internet programme and works with education ministries, schools, and other partners across Europe and beyond to ensure public awareness, fight illegal/harmful content, promote online safety, and build knowledge through projects, campaigns, and a learning community. The network aims to address emerging online threats like privacy issues, sexting, and misuse of images through cooperation across multiple sectors and a systemic, evolving approach.
Presentation made at Unesco workshop for the African J-School Centres of Excellence, in Windhoek Namibia, May 2009. The slideshow motivates why African J-Schools need to mainstream new media in J-School curricula.
ANIS2013_Aisa Senn through Technology Lens_Wattana Phongnonsungngoinnovation
The document discusses Plan International's Intel Easy Steps program, which aims to provide information and communication technology (ICT) skills to at-risk populations in Thailand, including girls, indigenous groups, migrants, and people living with HIV/AIDS. The program trains staff and partners using a training-of-trainers model to expand ICT education through schools, hospitals, and communities. The goals are to teach basic computer literacy, job skills like resume writing, and internet use to connect people while addressing challenges of ensuring relevance and ongoing support. Over 2,000 people were trained through 80 train-the-trainer sessions across various groups.
COFACE is a pluralistic organization that aims to promote family policy and the interests of children within the European Union. It defines family policy as the family dimension of EU policies, programs, and initiatives. Over 75% of EU children use the internet, with 49% having internet access from their own bedrooms. COFACE raises awareness among parents about online safety, positive parenting, and available tools through partnerships and information sharing. It also explores topics like social networks, smartphones, and privacy to empower member organizations and help parents educate children online.
The mobile phone market continued growing rapidly between 1990 and 2005, with the number of subscribers increasing dramatically worldwide. By 2001, mobile service revenues exceeded costs and covered 85% of infrastructure expenses. Subscriber bases substantially increased in all major markets, with Asia reaching 215 million subscribers and Europe reaching 35 million subscribers by 2005. Mobile phone technology evolved so that phones became ubiquitous, with people carrying them all the time, including young adults taking phones to school.
This document summarizes a report on the implications of "Digital Britain" for adult learning. It discusses learning in a digital Britain, where digital technologies are changing teaching and learning behaviors. It also discusses learning for a digital Britain, noting challenges like the 17 million digitally excluded citizens and a future workforce that is already active. Overall, the document examines how the Digital Britain policy may impact and influence adult education providers and their ability to harness technology for learning.
The document outlines the European Commission's strategy to develop an EU 2020 strategy to create a better internet for children. It covers four pillars: 1) increasing high quality online content for children, 2) raising awareness and empowerment, 3) creating a safer online environment, and 4) fighting child sexual abuse. The strategy aims to strengthen opportunities for business and children by supporting digital skills, creativity, and protection measures while mitigating risks. It will coordinate regulation, self-regulation, and funding involving multiple stakeholders to address children's specific online needs.
The Insafe network is a European project consisting of 30 Awareness Centres, 29 Helplines, and youth panels that promote the safe and responsible use of the internet among young people. It is funded by the EU Safer Internet programme and works with education ministries, schools, and other partners across Europe and beyond to ensure public awareness, fight illegal/harmful content, promote online safety, and build knowledge through projects, campaigns, and a learning community. The network aims to address emerging online threats like privacy issues, sexting, and misuse of images through cooperation across multiple sectors and a systemic, evolving approach.
Presentation made at Unesco workshop for the African J-School Centres of Excellence, in Windhoek Namibia, May 2009. The slideshow motivates why African J-Schools need to mainstream new media in J-School curricula.
ANIS2013_Aisa Senn through Technology Lens_Wattana Phongnonsungngoinnovation
The document discusses Plan International's Intel Easy Steps program, which aims to provide information and communication technology (ICT) skills to at-risk populations in Thailand, including girls, indigenous groups, migrants, and people living with HIV/AIDS. The program trains staff and partners using a training-of-trainers model to expand ICT education through schools, hospitals, and communities. The goals are to teach basic computer literacy, job skills like resume writing, and internet use to connect people while addressing challenges of ensuring relevance and ongoing support. Over 2,000 people were trained through 80 train-the-trainer sessions across various groups.
COFACE is a pluralistic organization that aims to promote family policy and the interests of children within the European Union. It defines family policy as the family dimension of EU policies, programs, and initiatives. Over 75% of EU children use the internet, with 49% having internet access from their own bedrooms. COFACE raises awareness among parents about online safety, positive parenting, and available tools through partnerships and information sharing. It also explores topics like social networks, smartphones, and privacy to empower member organizations and help parents educate children online.
The mobile phone market continued growing rapidly between 1990 and 2005, with the number of subscribers increasing dramatically worldwide. By 2001, mobile service revenues exceeded costs and covered 85% of infrastructure expenses. Subscriber bases substantially increased in all major markets, with Asia reaching 215 million subscribers and Europe reaching 35 million subscribers by 2005. Mobile phone technology evolved so that phones became ubiquitous, with people carrying them all the time, including young adults taking phones to school.
This document summarizes a report on the implications of "Digital Britain" for adult learning. It discusses learning in a digital Britain, where digital technologies are changing teaching and learning behaviors. It also discusses learning for a digital Britain, noting challenges like the 17 million digitally excluded citizens and a future workforce that is already active. Overall, the document examines how the Digital Britain policy may impact and influence adult education providers and their ability to harness technology for learning.
The document outlines the European Commission's strategy to develop an EU 2020 strategy to create a better internet for children. It covers four pillars: 1) increasing high quality online content for children, 2) raising awareness and empowerment, 3) creating a safer online environment, and 4) fighting child sexual abuse. The strategy aims to strengthen opportunities for business and children by supporting digital skills, creativity, and protection measures while mitigating risks. It will coordinate regulation, self-regulation, and funding involving multiple stakeholders to address children's specific online needs.
Discoverability and Digital ColonialismFiroze Manji
The whole continent of Africa contains only about 2.6% of the world’s geo-tagged Wikipedia articles despite having 14% of the world’s population and 20% of the world’s land.
Africa has more than 800 languages spoken amongst its various ethnic groups. However, the Internet is an ‘English’ based medium which affects the usability and content creation thereon. A vast majority of programs, applications and services continue to be provided in English thereby denying access to large swathes of the population and exacerbating the digital divide.
Africa has more countries than any other continent, but only 10 of the ccTLDs have functional registries within the African countries they belong to.
Nigeria imports 90% of all software used in the country. The local production of software is reduced to add-ons or extensions creation for mainstream packaged software.
Only around 10% of applications for the registration of intellectual property (IP) rights in Africa are made by African citizens or residents.
Disaster Management/ Communications--Best Practices in Asia PacificAlejandro Melchor III
Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide, with 820 events in 2011. Southeast Asia is the world's most vulnerable region, suffering 10% of all casualties worldwide. The Department of Science & Technology and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity convened a gathering of Asia Pacific experts to share best practices. This brief share some highlights.
The document summarizes media education and internet safety efforts in Armenia. Over 20,000 Armenian children participated in workshops and awareness campaigns about safe internet use between February and March. A hotline was established for reporting online incidents, and internet safety education programs have been launched in Armenian schools along with media literacy projects to teach both risks and benefits of technology use. The goal is to empower youth through education to increase protection while online and facilitate positive social connections.
Producing and Monetising Mobile Applications for the West African mobile cons...takinbo
In this presentation, I present some of the opportunities that mobile technology avails developers and entrepreneurs and also show methods available for them to monetise their mobile services.
This document presents Saint Lucia's National ICT Policy and Strategy for 2013-2018. The policy aims to promote the use of ICT as an enabler of growth and development across various sectors including infrastructure, education, health, business, agriculture, government and tourism. The policy's vision is for Saint Lucia to become a knowledge-based society that promotes development, innovation and global competitiveness through the strategic use of ICT. It outlines core values of community, integrity and innovation and desired outcomes such as effective e-government, economic growth, improved citizen well-being and enhanced information literacy. The document provides policy objectives and statements for each focus sector to guide the implementation of ICT initiatives over the 5-year period
The document discusses using mobile phones in classrooms to enhance learning. It notes that there are over 2.5 billion mobile users worldwide and mobiles are increasingly being used for activities like emailing, browsing the web, and interacting with online content from anywhere. The document suggests bringing experiences from outside the classroom into the classroom by having students document field trips on their mobile phones. It also discusses challenges around whether "digital immigrants" or older teachers can teach "digital natives" or younger students with greater digital skills, and ensuring students and teachers have the necessary information literacy and technical skills.
International B2S Strategy Presentation - GPS Tracking SolutionVodafone
This document discusses the market opportunity for a school tracking solution globally. It finds that people in the US, India, UK, Canada, and Australia increasingly search for such solutions for children's safety. The largest potential markets are the US, India, and UK. The document outlines strategies for entering different market types, including emphasizing product features for challenger markets, customer experience for pacesetter markets, and cost savings for all. It recommends growing customers through content, social media, and referrals while measuring effectiveness through metrics like acquisition costs and customer lifetime value.
This document discusses elearning innovations in mobile education. It describes an elearning conference focused on mobile innovation that was held on July 30th 2014. It then provides details about eMobilis, a training and app development institute in Kenya that has trained over 1,300 students in mobile network infrastructure and software development. Finally, it discusses trends in mobile elearning and provides several examples of successful mobile education programs in Africa that deliver educational content via mobile phones.
World Class: Flintknapping the Glowing Rectangle in the New Ubiquity EraNeologic
A presentation given at Design for Mobile 2010 about the possibilities of leveraging the enormous global distribution of mobile devices for educational purposes.
The document discusses the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative which aims to address problems with quality of education in developing countries by providing laptops to children. It notes that teacher quality and availability is often low in these countries. The laptops are designed to create a mesh network to allow connectivity without existing infrastructure and have been distributed to over 61,000 children in Rwanda where teachers have been trained to use the technology. The goal is to enhance education through technology integration.
Digital Citizenship Policy Formulation with Lubuto Trust College Stakeholders Jerry Sakala
This is the document Jerry Sakala used to facilitate Digital Citizenship Policy Formulation with Lubuto Trust College Stakeholders. Inspired by The Alberta Digital Policy development guide.
e-Learning is the modern-day revolution in the world of education. Here is an article showing how e-Learning in Saudi Arabia has impacted education, especially during the Covid-19 crisis.
The 4th Annual eLearning Innovators Conference & Expo (ELICE), an international conference for mobile educators, researchers, innovators & leaders, was held between 12th-16th September at KICD in Nairobi. This year's event attracted over 300 delegates during the five day event.
The 2016 theme, Powering Growth, saw us kick off conversations about mobile learning, competency based learning and digital literacy. From key notes - on gamification in learning, collaboratively building capacity for financial inclusion and using big data to empower decision making and M&E - to workshops and a networking mixer; the conference was a great opportunity to discover and discuss trends in the industry, network and build potential partnerships.
Recommendation of online learning principles for M-Learning AdoptionAlorica
The recommendations I can offer to leadership to provide assurances that m-learning will be effective is described. The elements and guidelines needed to secure an effective m-learning program and to ensure that all students have access to the mobile devices and applications needed for an effective m-learning program. I stress the importance of following the guidelines that I establish and what can happen if they are not followed.
Final project CMT- digital learning program for children in KenyaSarah Osiemo
The Kenyan government has initiated a digital literacy program to prepare youth for the digital age by integrating technology into primary school classrooms. An e-readiness assessment ensures schools have electricity, storage, and trained teachers before receiving devices. The program has shown technology adoption benefits learning when incorporated early. However, the government must still address online safety issues like content moderation, cyberbullying, and data protection to fully protect young learners. UNICEF guidelines recommend industry and government cooperate to educate students, parents and teachers and develop age-appropriate online environments through policy.
Schools have greatly increased their internet access over the past 20 years. While only 35% of schools had internet in 1994, now over 90% do. Schools use various online communication tools to connect with students, parents, and the community. These include websites, webcasting, video conferences, podcasts, and online discussion boards. When designing websites, schools focus on useful content, clear navigation, and frequent updates to effectively communicate and adhere to privacy policies.
The document summarizes ITU's Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative. It discusses how ITU aims to tackle cybersecurity holistically and protect children online through identifying risks, creating awareness, developing tools, and sharing knowledge. It also outlines ITU's activities like developing guidelines, conducting national surveys, providing assistance to countries, and ongoing/future work with partners to strengthen online child protection globally.
eLearning Africa 2012 attracted over 1,483 participants from 66 countries, making it Africa's largest gathering of eLearning and ICT professionals. A survey from the event found that 48% of respondents use mobile technology for teaching. The eLearning Africa Report 2014 compiled research on e-learning in Africa and how the continent's communications infrastructure impacts learning. The report found that e-learning professionals in Africa are confident about the future due to Africa's growing economy and increasing access to internet and mobile broadband. Senegal has the highest growth rate for self-paced e-learning in Africa at 30.4%.
A call for a collective online safety and cyber wellness programSonnie Santos
The document proposes a Collective Online Safety and Cyber Wellness Program in the Philippines to address growing internet and social media usage among Filipinos and the lack of laws protecting users from cyber abuses. The program aims to 1) educate the public on online risks and safety, 2) simplify cybercrime reporting, and 3) regulate internet cafe use by minors. Key activities include awareness campaigns, establishing an online help portal, partnering with schools and internet cafes, and engaging stakeholders from government, education, and the private sector. The program is scheduled to launch awareness events in August-October, with ongoing activities through December, supported by corporate sponsors from technology and media companies.
Discoverability and Digital ColonialismFiroze Manji
The whole continent of Africa contains only about 2.6% of the world’s geo-tagged Wikipedia articles despite having 14% of the world’s population and 20% of the world’s land.
Africa has more than 800 languages spoken amongst its various ethnic groups. However, the Internet is an ‘English’ based medium which affects the usability and content creation thereon. A vast majority of programs, applications and services continue to be provided in English thereby denying access to large swathes of the population and exacerbating the digital divide.
Africa has more countries than any other continent, but only 10 of the ccTLDs have functional registries within the African countries they belong to.
Nigeria imports 90% of all software used in the country. The local production of software is reduced to add-ons or extensions creation for mainstream packaged software.
Only around 10% of applications for the registration of intellectual property (IP) rights in Africa are made by African citizens or residents.
Disaster Management/ Communications--Best Practices in Asia PacificAlejandro Melchor III
Natural disasters are on the rise worldwide, with 820 events in 2011. Southeast Asia is the world's most vulnerable region, suffering 10% of all casualties worldwide. The Department of Science & Technology and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity convened a gathering of Asia Pacific experts to share best practices. This brief share some highlights.
The document summarizes media education and internet safety efforts in Armenia. Over 20,000 Armenian children participated in workshops and awareness campaigns about safe internet use between February and March. A hotline was established for reporting online incidents, and internet safety education programs have been launched in Armenian schools along with media literacy projects to teach both risks and benefits of technology use. The goal is to empower youth through education to increase protection while online and facilitate positive social connections.
Producing and Monetising Mobile Applications for the West African mobile cons...takinbo
In this presentation, I present some of the opportunities that mobile technology avails developers and entrepreneurs and also show methods available for them to monetise their mobile services.
This document presents Saint Lucia's National ICT Policy and Strategy for 2013-2018. The policy aims to promote the use of ICT as an enabler of growth and development across various sectors including infrastructure, education, health, business, agriculture, government and tourism. The policy's vision is for Saint Lucia to become a knowledge-based society that promotes development, innovation and global competitiveness through the strategic use of ICT. It outlines core values of community, integrity and innovation and desired outcomes such as effective e-government, economic growth, improved citizen well-being and enhanced information literacy. The document provides policy objectives and statements for each focus sector to guide the implementation of ICT initiatives over the 5-year period
The document discusses using mobile phones in classrooms to enhance learning. It notes that there are over 2.5 billion mobile users worldwide and mobiles are increasingly being used for activities like emailing, browsing the web, and interacting with online content from anywhere. The document suggests bringing experiences from outside the classroom into the classroom by having students document field trips on their mobile phones. It also discusses challenges around whether "digital immigrants" or older teachers can teach "digital natives" or younger students with greater digital skills, and ensuring students and teachers have the necessary information literacy and technical skills.
International B2S Strategy Presentation - GPS Tracking SolutionVodafone
This document discusses the market opportunity for a school tracking solution globally. It finds that people in the US, India, UK, Canada, and Australia increasingly search for such solutions for children's safety. The largest potential markets are the US, India, and UK. The document outlines strategies for entering different market types, including emphasizing product features for challenger markets, customer experience for pacesetter markets, and cost savings for all. It recommends growing customers through content, social media, and referrals while measuring effectiveness through metrics like acquisition costs and customer lifetime value.
This document discusses elearning innovations in mobile education. It describes an elearning conference focused on mobile innovation that was held on July 30th 2014. It then provides details about eMobilis, a training and app development institute in Kenya that has trained over 1,300 students in mobile network infrastructure and software development. Finally, it discusses trends in mobile elearning and provides several examples of successful mobile education programs in Africa that deliver educational content via mobile phones.
World Class: Flintknapping the Glowing Rectangle in the New Ubiquity EraNeologic
A presentation given at Design for Mobile 2010 about the possibilities of leveraging the enormous global distribution of mobile devices for educational purposes.
The document discusses the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative which aims to address problems with quality of education in developing countries by providing laptops to children. It notes that teacher quality and availability is often low in these countries. The laptops are designed to create a mesh network to allow connectivity without existing infrastructure and have been distributed to over 61,000 children in Rwanda where teachers have been trained to use the technology. The goal is to enhance education through technology integration.
Digital Citizenship Policy Formulation with Lubuto Trust College Stakeholders Jerry Sakala
This is the document Jerry Sakala used to facilitate Digital Citizenship Policy Formulation with Lubuto Trust College Stakeholders. Inspired by The Alberta Digital Policy development guide.
e-Learning is the modern-day revolution in the world of education. Here is an article showing how e-Learning in Saudi Arabia has impacted education, especially during the Covid-19 crisis.
The 4th Annual eLearning Innovators Conference & Expo (ELICE), an international conference for mobile educators, researchers, innovators & leaders, was held between 12th-16th September at KICD in Nairobi. This year's event attracted over 300 delegates during the five day event.
The 2016 theme, Powering Growth, saw us kick off conversations about mobile learning, competency based learning and digital literacy. From key notes - on gamification in learning, collaboratively building capacity for financial inclusion and using big data to empower decision making and M&E - to workshops and a networking mixer; the conference was a great opportunity to discover and discuss trends in the industry, network and build potential partnerships.
Recommendation of online learning principles for M-Learning AdoptionAlorica
The recommendations I can offer to leadership to provide assurances that m-learning will be effective is described. The elements and guidelines needed to secure an effective m-learning program and to ensure that all students have access to the mobile devices and applications needed for an effective m-learning program. I stress the importance of following the guidelines that I establish and what can happen if they are not followed.
Final project CMT- digital learning program for children in KenyaSarah Osiemo
The Kenyan government has initiated a digital literacy program to prepare youth for the digital age by integrating technology into primary school classrooms. An e-readiness assessment ensures schools have electricity, storage, and trained teachers before receiving devices. The program has shown technology adoption benefits learning when incorporated early. However, the government must still address online safety issues like content moderation, cyberbullying, and data protection to fully protect young learners. UNICEF guidelines recommend industry and government cooperate to educate students, parents and teachers and develop age-appropriate online environments through policy.
Schools have greatly increased their internet access over the past 20 years. While only 35% of schools had internet in 1994, now over 90% do. Schools use various online communication tools to connect with students, parents, and the community. These include websites, webcasting, video conferences, podcasts, and online discussion boards. When designing websites, schools focus on useful content, clear navigation, and frequent updates to effectively communicate and adhere to privacy policies.
The document summarizes ITU's Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative. It discusses how ITU aims to tackle cybersecurity holistically and protect children online through identifying risks, creating awareness, developing tools, and sharing knowledge. It also outlines ITU's activities like developing guidelines, conducting national surveys, providing assistance to countries, and ongoing/future work with partners to strengthen online child protection globally.
eLearning Africa 2012 attracted over 1,483 participants from 66 countries, making it Africa's largest gathering of eLearning and ICT professionals. A survey from the event found that 48% of respondents use mobile technology for teaching. The eLearning Africa Report 2014 compiled research on e-learning in Africa and how the continent's communications infrastructure impacts learning. The report found that e-learning professionals in Africa are confident about the future due to Africa's growing economy and increasing access to internet and mobile broadband. Senegal has the highest growth rate for self-paced e-learning in Africa at 30.4%.
A call for a collective online safety and cyber wellness programSonnie Santos
The document proposes a Collective Online Safety and Cyber Wellness Program in the Philippines to address growing internet and social media usage among Filipinos and the lack of laws protecting users from cyber abuses. The program aims to 1) educate the public on online risks and safety, 2) simplify cybercrime reporting, and 3) regulate internet cafe use by minors. Key activities include awareness campaigns, establishing an online help portal, partnering with schools and internet cafes, and engaging stakeholders from government, education, and the private sector. The program is scheduled to launch awareness events in August-October, with ongoing activities through December, supported by corporate sponsors from technology and media companies.
E-commerce has significantly impacted society in several ways. It has changed how people shop, providing convenience of shopping online 24/7 from anywhere. This has especially increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, making e-commerce essential for both customers and businesses. However, e-commerce also faces challenges like security, privacy, inability to physically examine products, and ensuring quality. Governments and businesses are working to address these challenges and maximize the benefits of e-commerce for customers and economic growth.
Detecon casa annual function 2014 presentation 04 bjîrn mendenBjörn Menden
1. The document discusses the potential for information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve education in Africa. It notes that improving ICT infrastructure, access, and private sector development are key to ensuring ICT contributes to social development.
2. Currently, ICT penetration rates across Africa are generally low, ranging from 10-30% for internet usage. As a result, standards of education are falling as many students report not learning from their studies. There is a large gap between ICT emphasis in African schools versus European schools.
3. For ICT to effectively uplift education in Africa, implementation must be closely monitored, ICT investment accompanied by education investment, and teachers equipped to integrate ICT. Successful programs
ICT for development options for researchers: A view of Computer Aid Internati...BioMedCentral
Computer Aid International is a UK-based charity that has provided over 190,000 refurbished computers to more than 100 countries since 1998. It focuses on using affordable technology solutions to improve education, health, agriculture, and inclusion. Some of its initiatives include setting up telemedicine networks to connect rural hospitals to specialists, implementing e-learning programs for universities, and deploying mesh networks and solar power in remote areas without electricity. The organization advocates for more affordable connectivity rates for educational and nonprofit use of ICT and promotes social media as a tool for researchers.
The document discusses empowering youth in Egypt through information and communication technologies (ICT). It notes that youth unemployment in Egypt is very high, at 29% overall and more than double the national average. Several projects are described that aim to enhance youth employability and entrepreneurship through ICT training programs. Examples provided include the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center which supports ICT entrepreneurs, and the Supporting Information Technology Institute which provides specialized training to over 7,000 graduates annually in 27 technological fields. Other initiatives discussed include youth development centers run by the Ministry of Youth and a voluntourism website connecting volunteers with NGO opportunities in Egypt.
The role of mobile telephony and new media tools in advocating and Combating ...Edward Richard Ahonobadha
The meeting brought together participants from East Africa to discuss monitoring and evaluation strategies for a project using community media, mobile phones, and online platforms to advocate and combat HIV/AIDS among youth. Key topics included designing online M&E systems, developing indicators, and criteria for awards recognizing the best community radio programs on HIV/AIDS. Discussions addressed audience research using mobile phones, ensuring balanced gender coverage, and combining online and offline advocacy efforts. The goal was to provide guidance on effective M&E and continued engagement through integrated use of various media.
Guidelines for Children on Child Online ProtectionThomas Müller
Here are some key points about children and young people's use of technology:
- Access to technology is increasing rapidly. More children have access to digital devices and the internet at younger ages.
- Popular online activities include searching for information, playing games, social networking, and doing schoolwork.
- As children get older (from ages 9-16), daily internet use increases significantly - from 19% to 80% in one study.
- The internet allows children to explore interests, be creative, connect with peers, and access educational resources. However, it also exposes them to potential risks like inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and interacting with strangers.
- It is important that children are aware of both the opportunities
The document discusses the establishment and roles of several organizations that were created to support the development of the internet in Africa. These include AfNOG, which aims to share technical experiences among internet providers; AFRINIC, which allocates IP addresses and numbers for Africa; and the Association of African Universities, which promotes research networking through its RENU unit and annual AfREN meetings. Together these and other organizations work collaboratively in areas like infrastructure, capacity building, policies, and security to form the African internet ecosystem.
Online and mobile telephone advertisement by daniel asher (cuts)Daniel Asher
The document discusses children's use of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya. It notes that most Kenyan children now have access to mobile phones, which they use to communicate with friends and family. However, this access also exposes children to risks like inappropriate advertising and cyberbullying. The document outlines Kenya's legislative provisions regarding child online protection and recommendations for improving safety, such as increasing parental controls and awareness programs.
Online and mobile telephone advertisement by daniel asher (cuts)Daniel Asher
The document discusses children's use of mobile phones and the internet in Kenya. It notes that most Kenyan children now have access to mobile phones, which they use to communicate with friends and family. However, this access also exposes children to risks like inappropriate advertising and cyberbullying. The document recommends developing a regulatory framework in Kenya to protect children online based on international guidelines, and educating children and parents on safe internet use. Current Kenyan laws provide some protections but more can be done to regulate advertising directed at children and restrict their access to harmful content.
Education for All mLearning presentation, Open Innovation Africa SummitSteve Vosloo
This document discusses challenges and opportunities for achieving Education for All (EFA) goals in Africa through mobile learning or mLearning. It notes that while Africa has experienced rapid growth in mobile access, educational quality, access, and outcomes still lag global standards. Barriers include large numbers of out-of-school children, high youth unemployment, low adult literacy, poor teacher quality and shortages. However, mobile technology could help address these issues through low-cost access to educational content, tutoring, and administrative functions to support learners. More work is still needed to realize mLearning's potential, including supportive policies, integration with existing education systems, and addressing real problems faced by learners.
The document outlines information about ArifPay, including its board of directors, an overview of the Ethiopian market, problems with old POS systems, ArifPay's solution of providing mPOS, payment gateway and digital/QR payments, its growth and current stats like $3.1M in capital and plans to sell 200M ETB of airtime annually. The conclusion states ArifPay can help reshape payments in Ethiopia and expand to Africa.
ITU Presentation at IAD DCS Summit 2022Adrian Hall
The document summarizes digital connectivity in Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, and Cape Verde. It finds that while internet usage has increased in Africa to 33%, 2.9 billion remain unconnected. The 4 countries have high levels of network coverage but varying levels of mobile ownership, home internet access, and affordability. Meaningful connectivity depends on infrastructure, device affordability, skills, and safety. Universal and meaningful connectivity is key to digital transformation, but frameworks must evolve to reflect changing technologies and needs.
Modular Data Center - Innovation Africa Digital Summit 20220512.pptxAdrian Hall
Ethio Telecom plans to expand its modular data center capacity to support the growing demand for data and internet services in Ethiopia. The primary site currently has 80 racks with a total capacity of 640KW IT load. An identical redundant site also exists. Ethio Telecom offers colocation hosting services starting at a monthly rate of [price] per 4U, with flexible options up to multiple racks. Benefits for enterprise customers include fast time to market, no foreign currency pressure, and reliable services with 99.99% uptime. Ethio Telecom aims to expand its data center-as-a-service offerings over time to provide infrastructure as a service, platform as a service and software as a service.
DCA - Africa Market Analysis 2021_South Africa.pdfAdrian Hall
The document provides an overview of digital infrastructure developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. It notes that while investments in digital infrastructure like submarine cables and data centers have increased, broadband access across the region remains limited with fiber connectivity reaching only 1-2% of households outside of South Africa. Mobile internet penetration is also low at 30%, below the global average of 55%. It highlights several new investments that could help bridge the digital divide, such as Google's Equiano and Facebook's 2Africa submarine cable projects, and expanding data center capacity from companies like Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Teraco.
The document discusses the impact of public-private partnerships (PPPs) and open access networks on a nation's development. It provides background on C Squared, an African technology company that invests in broadband infrastructure through open access networks. Case studies show how C Squared partnerships have helped expand connectivity in countries like Liberia, Togo, and Ghana. The recommendations emphasize that digital growth requires supportive policies and private investment. PPPs and a "neutral open-access player" can facilitate collaboration among governments, operators, and investors to accelerate Africa's digital transformation.
The document discusses empowering Ethiopian businesses for a digital future through market segmentation, digital transformation, innovative products and services, and social responsibility. It aims to transform lives through a digital Ethiopia by getting things done together with Ethiopian enterprises.
Wingu is a leading pan-East African carrier-neutral commercial data center operator. It has strategic hubs in Djibouti and Somaliland and serves the regional market from Ethiopia and Tanzania. Wingu has been operating since 2013 across four sites in four countries. It has a proven track record, strategic locations, and a strong management team.
This document summarizes the work of Zafree Papers, an Ethiopian company that produces paper products from agricultural waste rather than trees. It notes that traditional paper production requires cutting many trees and has high costs, carbon emissions, and long wait times to import pulp in Ethiopia. Zafree Papers produces paper from 90% agricultural waste that uses less water and energy than traditional methods. It aims to increase production capacity to save thousands of trees daily and expand across Africa to dominate the global paper market through environmentally friendly products.
1. Project NINJA in Africa works to promote innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa through programs like idea contests, education, incubation, acceleration, and business matching since 2020.
2. The framework of Project NINJA involves supporting entrepreneurs from the business concept phase through implementation, preparation, startup preparation, and business expansion phases, with the goal of helping startups raise funds and scale up.
3. Examples of Project NINJA programs include an incubation program in Ethiopia that supported over 2000 youth entrepreneurs, an acceleration program across 19 African countries that received over 2700 applicants, and various JICA projects promoting entrepreneurship in countries like Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Cambodia,
Orbit Health - Transforming Healthcare Access and Delivery in AfricaAdrian Hall
Orbit Health is working to improve healthcare access and delivery in Africa through digital innovation and technology adoption. Its mission is to provide innovative, efficient, affordable, and scalable healthcare solutions. It faces challenges like a lack of access to quality healthcare and financial services. Orbit Health offers products like an electronic medical records system and patient engagement platform. It has grown its patient base from 1.5 million in 2019 to a projected 35 million by 2024. Orbit Health also runs the Orbit Innovation Hub to support digital health startups through incubation, acceleration, funding, and resources.
Sewasew is a crowdsourced, multi-language platform that aims to address the lack of local content about Africa on the internet. While internet adoption in Africa has increased, local content remains scarce compared to other regions. Sewasew launched in 2016 and has since expanded to over 200,000 articles across four African languages. The platform seeks to increase adoption, form more content partnerships across Africa, and expand to additional regions to further bring Africa's knowledge online.
Roen Menezes Regional Director Thuraya IAD Summit 2019Adrian Hall
This document provides information about Thuraya Telecommunications Company and its satellite communication products and services. It summarizes that Thuraya is a leading mobile satellite operator that provides voice, data and other services to over 161 countries via its two satellites. It has a range of satellite phones, hotspots and IoT devices that can work over satellite or cellular networks. Examples of how Thuraya's technology is used include election polling, fisheries tracking, oil/gas operations and more. The document concludes by describing a case study of Thuraya's technology being used for result transmission in Democratic Republic of Congo's 2018 election.
1. The document discusses Ericsson's history in Ethiopia dating back to 1894 and its more recent expansion projects beginning in 2014. It also covers Sweden's development cooperation with Ethiopia since 1946 to promote education, healthcare and economic development.
2. It outlines Ericsson's role over 140 years in enabling communication technologies from copper wire to 5G and artificial intelligence, as the number of connected devices worldwide is expected to grow exponentially.
3. The last section argues that 5G will be crucial for industries and economic growth in Africa, highlighting opportunities in agriculture through real-time monitoring and management across the value chain.
The document describes a multi-standard 2G/3G/4G outdoor macro-cell that supports 2 carriers with 10 watts per channel and consumes 150 watts total. It can provide 2G, 3G, and 4G connectivity on two separate channels simultaneously. The document also mentions a network solution and worldwide presence without providing details.
Aviat Networks is a leading provider of wireless connectivity and transport solutions for applications such as public safety, utilities, transportation, schools/enterprises, and financial services. It designs, deploys, and helps visualize wireless networks using microwave and fiber equipment and provides network operations center services for telecommunications providers.
The document discusses resources available on the website www.1ppt.com, including templates, materials, backgrounds, charts, tutorials, files and fonts for PowerPoint, Word and Excel. It provides links to download PPT templates, industry templates, holiday templates, materials, backgrounds, charts, excellent PPTs, tutorials for PowerPoint, Word and Excel, materials, courseware, papers, test papers, lesson plans and fonts. Tables and charts show trends in data traffic growth, 5G forecasts and characteristics of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The document promotes subtracting overlapping investments, simplifying architectures, enhancing coverage, capacity and bandwidth, improving services and experience, and enabling end-to-end AI optimization of networks
This document discusses strategies for solving the economical equation of broadband networks. It advocates a technology mix of both mobile and fixed networks to provide connectivity. Broadband is described as an end-to-end solution, with infrastructure being only half of the equation. Key factors for success include governments creating an investment-friendly environment, using a mix of technologies appropriate for population densities, and taking an open collaboration approach.
Dr. Solomon Assefa VP IBM Research IAD 2019 Adrian Hall
Advances in artificial intelligence and computing will drive transformation across industries and society. IBM Research is working to advance AI techniques, create more trustworthy and explainable systems, and build novel hardware to power the next generation of AI. The development of skills and partnerships across Africa will be crucial to realizing the promise of emerging technologies and preparing the continent for the future of computing.
1) The COO of MTN Group discussed opportunities for digital innovation in Africa due to strong GDP growth and urbanization across the region.
2) MTN aims to redefine inclusion by expanding access to mobile and digital services to more people across Africa, where only 1 in 4 Africans are currently connected.
3) As a leading telecom brand across Africa, MTN is well-positioned to drive digital and financial inclusion through its mobile money platform and other digital services, addressing challenges of connectivity and access to banking.
HijackLoader Evolution: Interactive Process HollowingDonato Onofri
CrowdStrike researchers have identified a HijackLoader (aka IDAT Loader) sample that employs sophisticated evasion techniques to enhance the complexity of the threat. HijackLoader, an increasingly popular tool among adversaries for deploying additional payloads and tooling, continues to evolve as its developers experiment and enhance its capabilities.
In their analysis of a recent HijackLoader sample, CrowdStrike researchers discovered new techniques designed to increase the defense evasion capabilities of the loader. The malware developer used a standard process hollowing technique coupled with an additional trigger that was activated by the parent process writing to a pipe. This new approach, called "Interactive Process Hollowing", has the potential to make defense evasion stealthier.
Securing BGP: Operational Strategies and Best Practices for Network Defenders...APNIC
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Honeypots Unveiled: Proactive Defense Tactics for Cyber Security, Phoenix Sum...APNIC
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4. ACOPEA objectives
Promote Africa-wide education and awareness on the importance of
child online safety
Raise the level of awareness among
governments, industry, educators, children and guardians to ensure a
safe and secure online experience for children
Become the focal point of contact for child online safety in Africa and
for international partners
Develop, host and coordinate a pan-African online hotline reporting
and processing capacity
5. Why the need for ACOPEA
ICTs, Internet and mobile use is growing in Africa.
700 million mobile subscriptions.
200 million mobile broadband subscriptions.
400 million Internet users. (ITU Global Telecom Indicator 2012)
Online Risks for children
Child abuse images
Hate speech and violence
Grooming and Cyberbullying, live stream sexual abuse
Online reputation
Terrorism, blackmailing
No concrete Pan-African COP education and awareness model in Africa.
8. Global study-online risks to
children
Communicating online with someone they had never met face-to-face
Being exposed to user-generated content promoting anorexia, self-harm, drug-
taking or suicide.
Being exposed to sexual images online and misuse of personal data.
Going to meetings offline with people they first met online.
Being cyber-bullied and racism -1726 survey in Durban 1 in 3 - 42% said they were
cyberbullied, Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP)2009.
Advertising is also thriving online, and children do not have a developed ability to
engage critically with it.
The use of internet is expanding for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human
beings and advertising their services, including children.
10. What ACOPEA has done so far
Actively engaged international stakeholders and the private sector and
civil society
Identifying suitable education awareness resources available
internationally that can be scaled and transferred to the African
continent. e.g. the EU safer internet consortium INSAFE and CEOP
materials
Activated E-safety pilot initiative in Ethiopia - co-funded by Facebook
and the ITU as a model to be replicated in other countries in Africa.
11. ACOPEA Train the Trainer
model
Ambassado
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50
ACOPEA ThinkUKnow (TUK) trainers
12. Content of awareness materials
Introduction to COP, the issues and the ITU COP guidelines.
Staying up to date with popular technologies/applications that children
and young people use around the world.
Risks posed to young people.
Education response to COP, including methodology on how to deliver
the awareness material to key audiences stakeholders - professionals,
parents and lesson planes for children and young people.
How to report abuse and handle disclosure/the hotline response.
14. ACOPEA requires your support to achieve its objectives
To realize ACOPEA as a central pan African point of contact, a one stop shop for
Child online safety awareness in Africa.
Replicate the Ethiopian E-safety project in other parts of Africa
Expand the network of ACOPEA safety Ambassadors in Africa.
15. Conclusion
ACOPEA’s mission is to address the COP challenges
that come with Africa’s fast growing cyber expansion.
ACOPEA brings international knowledge and
experience to Africa to empower the next generation
of digital citizens in Africa.
All protocols duely observed. Today, young people are among the biggest user groups of online and mobile technologies in Africa. Internet and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) open a world of possibilities for children, expanding their horizons and providing opportunities to learn, create identities and participate in society. In parallel, however, ICT can also expose children and young people to risks that may be simply considered as the digital extension of existing offline threats. Measures that can protect them against these risks are not always easy to effectively migrate to a virtual and global digital environment.ITU's Child Online Protection (COP) initiative was launched in November 2008 as "a multi-stakeholder effort to bring together partners from all sectors of the global community to ensure a safe online experience for children everywhere." Guidelines have been prepared in the context of the Child Online Protection Initiative. These global guidelines have been developed by ITU and teams of contributing authors from leading institutions active in the ICT sector, with the aim to address the key actors. It is vital that all stakeholders are made aware of both the opportunities as well as the pitfalls that come with being online. it is in this framework of the desire to impliment the Cop initiative that ACOPEA was born as a balancing act to ensure the benefit outweighs the risks online for children so that children in Africa could enjoy the same good start in the their digital lifeas their counterparts in Europe and America.
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In the framework of the implementation of “ITU COP Guidelines for Children” the regional office for Africa in partnership with Facebook has conductedChild online protection Activities in Addis with a view to replicte this across Africa this year 2014-2017.A Facebook is supporting this pilot initiative financially, in partnership with the ITU and ACOPEA. All three parties have a strong interest in digital empowerment and want to ensure a safe and secure online experience for children and young people in Africa. The pilot will principally focus on Ethiopia though the parties have ambitions for it to lead to the development of ACOPEA as the executing arm of COP in Africa. To promote Africa-wide education and awareness activities on the importance of child online safety. Once this pilot concludes we would like to replicate this in other countries in Africa.
Although tis data is disaggregated to tell us mobile ownershp of children in Africa, The evidence points to growing online connectivity of children and young people. Although, levels of Internet access are highest in the industrialised world, Africa is fast catching up. In most countries for which data are available, children under the age of 18 make up a high percentage of the total number of people online. The youth bulge in Africa and the developing economies is becoming a core driver of networked children, who often referred to us digital natives. According to a report by The ITU Measuring the Information Society (MIS) Report 2013, young people are almost twice as networked as the global population as a whole. In the developing countries digital natives are vigorously leading their nation’s Internet use. With in the next five years, the digital native population will more than double. Children In Africa just like their counterparts in other pafts of the world are inhabiting the online invironment in
Mobile nd internet connections And tis will continue to grow. World bank forcasts . A billion Mobile by 2017Now in Africa mobile phones have a million applications, a camera, and so on, As a result of their increasing sophistication, phones have become serious bits of kit in Africa and around the world.
Social Networking and social media are growing in significance and have become an integral part of the digital lifestyle. When the terms ‘social networks’ and ‘social websites’ are used, the likes of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube all come to mind. But online research shows that there are a myriad of social networks that have been developed and introduced in Africa (many originating inSouth Africa), specifically to meet the requirements of local users.Some are focused particularly on regions, others encapsulate everything that the continent has to offer. Mxit (www.mxit.com)A formidable player in the social networking space, Mxit lives up to its reputation as a zone where people can blend a number of multi-media applications. Music and mobility are central themes on this site, and it offers the browser a number of facilities through which to engage fellow users.Interms of safety futures this sites do not compare with the likes of Facebook which many young people we spoke said is the safest for a simple reason is that they know how to report and has clear guidelines for safety of it’s use.. This does not exsit in many local social networks outlined here.
A quick reminder of the risks???Global research shows that across the world, notwithstanding considerable cross-country variation, the ranking of risks experienced is fairly similar in each country. In 2010 harvardUniversitBerknam with Unicef stated this similarity in the developing world, 4 in 10 children in Europe reported they had encountered one of this risks: communicating online with someone they had never met face-to-face; being exposed to user-generated content promoting anorexia, self-harm, drug-taking or suicide; being exposed to sexual images online and misuse of personal data; going to meetings offline with people they first met online; being cyber-bullied. New patterns of behaviour are also emerging, such as distributing footage, taken on a mobile phone’s camera, of physical assaults on other children or sending/receiving sexual images/messages to/from peers.New services with a potential impact on privacy, such as geo-localisation, are increasingly popular. Advertising is also thriving online, and children do not have a developed ability to engage critically with it. In addition, the use of internet is expanding for the recruitment of victims of trafficking in human beings and advertising their services, including children.. We are at the age of live stream of child abuse is a common place as we have found out last year in south Africa.. This risks would mean if a child is exposed that he would be at risk of not achieving in life and would not meet the developmental milestones expected of a healthy citizen…According to latest research by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP), one in three youngsters said they were victims of cyberbullying at school while 42 percent experienced cyberbullying outside of school. The study conducted with 1 726 youngsters in four provinces including Durban in 2009 but published recently, showed that just under half of all those surveyed were victims of cyberbullying. In the survey, a quarter of the youngsters experienced bullying via text messages on their cellphones. And one in five admitted to having bullied someone via text.
InAcopea we rely on research carried out internationaly on COP and in Africa by the likes of Unicef to understand the risks and trends of use of digital technologies by children in Africa so that it helps us collect real data accordingly to ensure our awareness is well informed.
Activated a pilot
ITU COP guidelines -Talk about guild lines
Eu Model= Internet is borderlessGlobal research -Commonalities of the risks posed
Acopea is a timely Project in Africa your support is key..to our success..
ACOPEA also works in dealing online violations in collaboration with international partners via our open email alias casework@acopea.org which is used to report online violations from around Africa- Reporting concerns and online violations. The primary aim for the open alias is for members of the government and regulatory communities to send high priority areas of violations and to deal with material in line with international community standards. These high priority areas include illegal images of children, hate speech, terrorism and grooming. We highly encourage you and your team to utilize this address to make us immediately aware of any content that exists on any social network or the internet which may be deemed illegal. With that said, we will be more than happy to accept other violations which were not acted upon, which do not necessarily fall into the aforementioned categories, including intellectual property infringments and so on.ACTION Team to act as there is a call for Action …