Publications on Ghana http://www.iicd.org daily 1 2009-12-04T19:46:10Z Multimedia centres for farmers and health workers in Ghana http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/multimedia-centres-for-farmers-and-health-workers-in-ghana This Learning Brief describes the lessons learned in the ACDEP Rural Access to Information project. This project establishes a multimedia centre at the ACDEP Secretariat and five satellite information centres. The project explores the opportunities for knowledge sharing, communication and information exchange to accelerate community (health and agriculture) development programmes. These lessons are intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experiences of this project and implement similar activities.

]]> No publisher JJessurun 2011-02-11T15:52:26Z Publication Summary Learning Report 2009 - Ghana Livelihoods http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-2009-ghana-livelihoods From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Ghana Country Programme about the impact of the livelihoods programme in Ghana (2009). This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Ghana Country Programme in 2009. Evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

Evaluations are based on questionnaires for different stakeholders. Depending on the country, the evaluation includes project teams reflecting on IICD's support), participants of trainings (reflecting on capacity development) and end users (reflecting on the projects they take part in).

The evaluation report below is the unmodified original work of Hippolyt A.
S. Pul of Development Alternative Services Foundation, the M&E partner in Ghana. It gives an overview of both the data collected and the discussions that followed in the Focus Group, in this case mainly focussing on end users of Livelihoods projects, trainings and support from IICD. Though sensitive information from specific partners has been removed to maintain a trust relationship with and between partners, M&E reports are an honest representation of the processes and lessons concerning the Country Programme. In 2009, the Country Programme in Ghana projects collected 775 questionnaires.

]]> No publisher Annemiek van Schie 2010-08-20T12:55:00Z Publication Summary Learning report Ghana 2008 - Impact of the Livelihoods programme http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/summary-learning-report-ghana-2008-impact-of-the-livelihoods-programme From the IICD Learning Report series. A Summary Learning report from the Ghana Country Programme about the impact of the livelihoods programme in Ghana (2008). Available in English only. This report is a summary of the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) report on the Ghana Country Programme in 2008. Summaries are published on the IICD website to show the work of our local project partners and the results that these partners and IICD have achieved. Important to point out is that evaluation reports are meant for learning, hence they focus on the outcomes and impact of the projects as well as their successes and challenges, rather than checking on project progress or money spent, which is done via progress reports.

]]> No publisher admin 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (GINKS) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/ghana-information-network-for-knowledge-sharing-ginks This thematic brief describes the lessons learned from the IICD-supported National ICT4D Network in Ghana, GINKS. The ICT for Development (ICT4D) national networks focus on the role of Information and Communication Technology in accelerating development in various sectors (education, health, rural livelihood and governance) in a country. This thematic brief describes the lessons learned from the IICD-supported National ICT4D Network in Ghana: GINKS. It is intended for practitioners in the field who would like to learn from the experience of this network as well as organisations that would like to implement something similar to this.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:20:00Z Publication Eastern Corridor Agro-Information Centre http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/ecamic-project-ghana This brief describes the lessons learned from the IICD / Cordaid supported project Eastern Corridor Agro-Information Centre. This programme aims to improve the livelihoods of small-scale food crop producers in the Eastern Corridor of Northern Ghana through better access to market information. It is intended for practitioners in the field as well as organisations that would like to learn from the experience of this project and implement something similar.

Read about the objectives, target groups, impact, lessons learned, challenges, and next steps for the future.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Rural Access: Options and Challenges for Connectivity and Energy in Ghana (2008) http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/rural-access-options-and-challenges-for-connectivity-and-energy-in-ghana-2008 A study carried out for IICD and the Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (GINKS) by Jonnie Akakpo, Consolidated Solutions Limited (CSL). It is part of a wider initiative by IICD to prepare a series of reports about connectivity and Internet access in rural areas with its partners. The purpose is to enable organisations engaged in rural development to make informed decisions about rural connectivity and Internet access in Ghana.

This report is a study on Internet connectivity and energy situations in rural communities in Ghana . Methods used include face-to-face interviews, telephone discussions, e-mail and a desk review. 

  • Results of the data that was analysed revealed that the majority of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Ghana are located in the capital city, Accra.  A few service providers have a presence in one or two regional capitals and mining communities around the country. A few others provide Wide Area Network connectivity via Virtual Private Networks to banks with branches dotted around the country. 
  • The study identified that a rural community in Ghana is a deprived community which lacks telecom infrastructure, electricity and sometimes appropriate buildings.  It is also a community with less than 5,000 inhabitants whose preoccupation may be largely agricultural. It further revealed that the absence of meaningful economic activity and skilled personnel make these locations unattractive for investors. 
  • The study also revealed that Ghana has an electricity supply deficiency following long periods of erratic rainfall which causes the hydro plant that generates the bulk of the country’s energy requirements to dry up. Renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind and biomass are not well-known and have not been exploited yet, but are considered potential sources to supplement hydro power generation and have been discussed. 
  • The report finds that the status of Internet connectivity and energy in rural Ghana is not very encouraging. Recent developments within the sector, however, with funding support from the Chinese Government and the World Bank to facilitate the extension of a fibre optic network throughout the entire country, as well as addressing the energy shortfalls, hold high promise for the country and give reason for excitement. 

The next couple of years will witness developments in the ICT landscape and this guide is intended to provide some insights into the critical issues of Internet Connectivity options, Internet applications that can be deployed, chargeable rates, opportunities for strategic partnerships, and renewable energy sources. 

The report is an evolutionary document and future revised editions will continue to address many more issues that will be of significant interest for the development and growth of the industry.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication Impact IICD health projects http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/impact-iicd-health-projects Hanna Goorden of IICD analysed the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) data that has been gathered from the IICD projects in the health sector. She reports on the satisfaction of project users with the health services they use through the project and how the project has impacted their lives. The brief starts by exploring how ICT can strengthen the health care sector and how IICD health projects contribute to ICT awareness, empowerment and impact on health care.

The IICD projects are clustered to distinguish the different categories of project users. This classification is useful for IICD, as it better allows attributing impact to our different groups of project users:

  • Policy-makers
  • Health staff and/or health students (including Health, hospital & patient information, Professional development & Continuous Medical Education (CME), and Telemedicine)
  • Patients and/or people in the community

The second part discusses the M&E results and summarises the main lessons-learned from the health projects.

]]> No publisher adm 2009-11-22T22:16:31Z Publication iConnect Collected 2005 http://www.iicd.org/about/publications/iconnect-collected-2005 A new publication gathers experiences in ICT for education, livelihoods and governance in six African countries.

Originally published on the website www.iconnect-online.org , the articles gathered in iConnect Collected were written by journalists in six African countries as part of the iConnect Series. The articles document ICT4D experiences in three sectors: education, livelihoods, and governance.

iConnect is an initiative of IICD, supported in part by the Building Communication Opportunities (BCO) initiative and undertaken in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

The 60-page iConnect Collected booklet is available online. Printed copies are available upon request.

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