E-Africa Initiative for Good Governance

Abstract

There is no doubt that the need for all around improvement of performance is very urgent for African governments and that ICT is valuable in decision-making, planning and management support in all sectors of the economy. In this regard, in Africa, there is a clear recognition of the opportunities than can be exploited using ICT within the framework of enhancing governance. As underlined by the United Nations Development Programme¾Human Development Report 2001, “Making New Technologies Work for Human Development”, technology networks are transforming the traditional map of development, expanding people’s horizons, and creating the potential to realize in a decade progress that required generations in the past.