Regulators and industry players in the ICT sector have identified the development of sound Information and Communication Technology (ICT) regulation as key to Africa's development agenda.

Does electronic eLearning threaten to displace the teacher? This question emerged at an international conference held in Nairobi, attended by 1,400 people from 88 countries. The latest in information communication technology (ICT) with a focus on education, training and development was showcased.

Bloggers in the Maghreb debated homosexuality and its place in society and online, and discussed the state of the upcoming elections in Algeria.

The Information Society Watch (ISW) is an online resource that tracks and analyses issues pertaining to the effect of ICTs on institutions and societies from the viewpoint of the South. ISW is an integral component of the Information Society for the South Project (ISSP), which interprets IS changes in light of development needs of the South and seeks to develop research and advocacy capacities in the South with regard to the IS discourse.

The many ways information and communication technologies (ICT) can improve the lives of persons with disabilities will be the topic of a meeting taking place at United Nations.

One of the most hotly contested issues at ICANN's 28th International Public Meeting (26-30 March 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a draft proposal regarding the introduction of new generic top-level domains and its impact on free expression and national sovereignty.

Unless reformed, a new policy proposed at ICANN will prevent the use of controversial words in new generic top-level domains (as .com or .org) if a single government objects to their use.

While the capacity of digital technologies to jump-start democracy has often been exaggerated, recent events in Egypt demonstrate blogs' enormous potential as an advocacy tool and, more broadly, as an alternative source of news.

The APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize recognises initiatives that are making it easy for people to start using free and open source software (FOSS). The prize will be awarded to a person or group doing extraordinary work to make FOSS accessible to ordinary computer users. The nominations for the prize will be collected until the end of March 2007.

Information and communications technologies (ICT) are crucial in spurring “development, dignity and peace,” said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a video message at the opening of the Steering Committee’s meeting of the Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technologies and Development (GAID), taking place in February 2007 in Santa Clara, California.