From Africa to Atlanta, USA

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The ICTD African Researchers Network is a growing group of Africa-based researchers, started at ICTD 2010, interested in improving ICTD scholarship on the continent.

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• ICTD 2010, London

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• Amplifying individual voices and raising the visibility of African ICTD researchers;

• Creating a space for researchers to tell their own story;

• Shaping ICTD discourse on quality research and acceptable publication options; and

• Improving quality of research and publication output from Africa, ultimately with the goal of closing the participation gap in ICTD research.

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• ictd-researchers-in-africa-network@googlegroups.com

• http://ict4dafricanresearchers.wordpress.com• ACM’s Interactions Magazine:

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1978837• African ICTD research (or the lack thereof) –

August 2011

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• Virtual Membership• 45 active members (as of March 2012)• 8 African countries• Multi-disciplinary (comp sci, economics, law,

media)• Diverse areas of study

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WORKSHOP AIM• Explore existing and new fundamental theoretical

concepts, methodologies and gaps in ICTD research in Africa from individual Africa-based researcher perspectives.

• Identify, facilitate and stimulate peer review of working papers on African research whilst encouraging collaboration and knowledge networks to support cross-disciplinary research.

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• ACTIONS:– Support Africa-based research– Support Africa-based theory building– Support Africa-based publishing

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• Many thanks to organizing committee:• Name(s) of Organiser(s): Kathleen Diga. Paul

Plantinga, Robert Kabutey Okine, Shikoh Gitau, David Hutchful, Ilda Ladeira, Kweku Koranteng, Margaret Nyambura Ndung’u

• Affiliation/address: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Monash University, Johannesburg, South Africa; Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana; *Research @iHub, Nairobi, Kenya; Grameen Foundation

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