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There is growing interest and increasing investment in the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in governance across Africa, however, empirical evidence on the use of ICTs in governance in East Africa remains scanty. The ICT for Governance study in East Africa is a study investigating how ICTs are being used in four specific areas of governance (i) access to information, (ii) public service delivery, (iii) tracking corruption and (iv) civic participation. This study seeks to identify, describe and analyze situations in which ICTs have and can be used to successfully facilitate or how they have hindered, two way interaction between government and citizens in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. This extended abstract discusses the theoretical frameworks and methodology used in this study.
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iHub Research, the research arm of iHub, focuses on technology and its uses in East Africa.
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The ICT4Democracy in East Africa network is “premised on the recognition that ICT enhances communication and the right to freedom of expression as well as the right to seek, receive and impart information.”
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Crowdsourcing is the process of getting information, funding or work done, online, from a crowd of people.
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Sika, V., Sambuli, N. (2015). ICT4Governance in East Africa. In: Nungu, A., Pehrson, B., Sansa-Otim, J. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 147. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16886-9_18
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