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e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries

Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tansania, November 23-24, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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  1. Radu Popescu-Zeletin

    1. Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

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  2. Karl Jonas

    1. Schloss Birlinghoven, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Sankt, Germany

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  3. Idris A. Rai

    1. The State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar City, Tanzania

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  4. Roch Glitho

    1. Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

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  5. Adolfo Villafiorita

    1. FBK Center for Information Technology, Trento, Italy

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2011, held in Zanzibar, Tansania, in November 2011. The 24 revised full papers presented together with 2 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of information and communication infrastructures. They are organized in two tracks: communication infrastructures for developing countries and electronic services, ICT policy, and regulatory issues for developing countries.

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Table of contents (25 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Track I: Communication Infrastructures for Developing Countries

    1. Scenario to Serve Remote Areas in Emerging Countries with the Village Internet Service Station

      • Gaël Fromentoux, Arnaud Braud, Xavier Marjou
      Pages 1-13

    2. Enhancing Service Provisioning within Heterogeneous Wireless Networks for Emergency Situations

      • Christian Lottermann, Andreas Klein, Hans D. Schotten, Christian Mannweiler
      Pages 14-23

    3. Providing Some Quality of Service for Secondary Users in Cognitive Radios Using Time Slotted Systems

      • Hudson Okii, Idris A. Rai
      Pages 24-34

    4. Fair Usage and Capping for Providing Internet for All in Developing Countries

      • Yvon Gourhant, Ali Gouta, Venmani Daniel Philip
      Pages 35-48

    5. OpenFlow as an Architecture for e-Node B Virtualization

      • Venmani Daniel Philip, Yvon Gourhant, Djamal Zeghlache
      Pages 49-63

    6. The White Space Opportunity in Southern Africa: Measurements with Meraka Cognitive Radio Platform

      • Moshe T. Masonta, David Johnson, Mjumo Mzyece
      Pages 64-73

    7. Strategies for Energy-Efficient Mobile Web Access: An East African Case Study

      • Le Wang, Edward Mutafungwa, Yeswanth Puvvala, Jukka Manner
      Pages 74-83

    8. Scalable Scheduling with Burst Mapping in IEEE 802.16e (Mobile) WiMAX Networks

      • Mukakanya Abel Muwumba, Idris A. Rai
      Pages 84-95

    9. A Pilot of a QoS-Aware Wireless Back-Haul Network for Rural Areas

      • Philipp Batroff, George Ghinea, Thorsten Horstmann, Karl Jonas, Jens Moedeker
      Pages 96-105

    10. SolarMesh - Energy-Efficient, Autonomous Wireless Networks for Developing Countries

      • Christian Mannweiler, Christian Lottermann, Andreas Klein, Hans D. Schotten
      Pages 106-115

    11. Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and Cyber Security in Africa – Has the CIIP and Cyber Security Rubicon Been Crossed?

      • Basie von Solms, Elmarie Kritzinger
      Pages 116-124

    12. Geographic Information System as a Tool for Integration of District Health Information System and Drug Logistics Management Information System in Malawi

      • Patrick Albert Chikumba, Auxilia Nyaukaya Kaunda
      Pages 125-134

  3. Track II: Electronic Services, ICT Policy, and Regulatory Issues for Developing Countries

    1. A Socio-technical Perspective on the Use of Mobile Phones for Remote Data Collection in Home Community Based Care in Developing Countries

      • Nobubele Angel Shozi, Dalenca Pottas, Nicky Mostert-Phipps
      Pages 135-145

    2. Open Source Software Solution for Healthcare: The Case of Health Information System in Zanzibar

      • Yahya Hamad Sheikh, Abubakar Diwani Bakar
      Pages 146-155

    3. A Software Business Incubation Model Using ICTs for Sustainable Economic Development in Uganda

      • Hugh Cameron, Benjamin Kanagwa, Michael Niyitegeka
      Pages 156-166

    4. Crowdsourcing ICTD Best Practices

      • Aaron Ciaghi, Adolfo Villafiorita
      Pages 167-176

    5. Information and Communication Technologies and Firms Productivity in Cameroon

      • Pierre Valére Nketcha Nana, Christophe Péguy Choub Faha
      Pages 177-186

    6. e-Health for Rural Areas in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Sebokeng Experience

      • Massimiliano Masi, Rosario Pugliese, Francesco Tiezzi
      Pages 187-196

    7. On Development of a Collaborative ICT Infrastructure for Online HIV/AIDS Advisory Service Provision

      • Simon Samwel Msanjila
      Pages 197-207
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

    Radu Popescu-Zeletin

  • Schloss Birlinghoven, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Sankt, Germany

    Karl Jonas

  • The State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar City, Tanzania

    Idris A. Rai

  • Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

    Roch Glitho

  • FBK Center for Information Technology, Trento, Italy

    Adolfo Villafiorita

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