Projects

Modular Strategic Implementation of ICT in Health Care Facilities - Tanzania — by Web editor — last modified 2008-05-08 16:28

 

WebPortal Services Afya Net - Tanzania — by Web editor — last modified 2008-05-08 16:27

 

Development of a Management System for Health Facility - Tanzania — by Web editor — last modified 2008-05-05 15:48

The project aims to develop a customized Health Management Information System (HMIS) to use in hospitals of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Tanzania (ELCT). The HMIS collects health data to be used by the hospital management, and also to meet the needs of the MTUHA, the government registration system for the health sector. The HMIS is based on open source software. Software includes patient registering, billing, laboratory, pharmacy, stock/inventory, x-ray, doctors’ office and ward management. Within the pilot phase, the project will start in one clinic and, if successful it will be rolled out to other hospitals, health centres and dispensaries. Change management is a key component.

District Health Management Information Systems (D-HMIS) - Tanzania — by Web editor — last modified 2008-05-05 12:13

The implementation of a District Health Management Information System (HMIS) aims to improve the ability to collect, store and analyse accurate health data, increase data accuracy and effectiveness of intervention, increase accountability, and improve tracking of health trends in the district. Information on patient registrations, diagnoses, treatments, lab tests, billing and pharmacy records are being digitalised. The HMIS is rolled out in eight hospitals and four offices of the City Medical Officer and the Faith Based Organisations. The project includes ICT training and change management both at facility and district level.

ICT policy and implementation strategy for Education in Tanzania — by admin — last modified 2006-12-07 15:49

Tanzania’s national ICT policy is the starting point for an in-depth focus on education. A consistent ICT policy and implementation strategy for the education sector could boost the sector’s performance. To support the national ICT policy, the Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) will contribute a white paper – based on a multi-stakeholder approach - with an overview of the potentials of applying ICTs in the Education sector.

Kibengwe Rural Communication Access and Development Centre (RCA Kibengwe) — by admin — last modified 2007-03-12 16:23

The Kibengwe Rural Communication Access and Development Centre (RCA Kibengwe) was set up as a pilot project in the rural district of Bukoba to provide ICT facilities to rural communities in the Kagera region and encourage local communities to set up self-help groups based on knowledge sharing. The centre, which is linked to the internet via a satellite connection, gives local people access to a variety of ICT facilities. It also experiments with handheld devices and Open Source Software (OSS). The project has a strong research component and will deliver a model on how to set up a low-cost, sustainable, shareable infrastructure for remote rural areas to provide internet access to local communities. The project’s success can be attributed to the active role played by the local community and the public-private partnership between the government, private sector partners and NGOs, through which the RCA is run.

Agricultural Price and Business Information Services — by admin — last modified 2005-06-20 11:08

For years, Tanzania’s farmers have had to rely on their own resources, receiving little or no outside assistance, especially when it comes to finding information. This is because markets are fragmented and the country’s agricultural sector has virtually no institutional infrastructure; one of the side-effects of the government’s longstanding policy of liberalisation and non-intervention. Accessing vital information on crop prices, market trends, and trade flows is therefore impossible for most farmers, especially those living in remote areas. Consequently, their decision-making abilities are seriously impaired which inhibits their earning potential. The Agricultural Price and Business Information Services (BIS) project aims to change all this. Set up with support from IICD in 2001 by Business Information Services, a local consultancy firm, it has been using ICTs for the last four years to compile, analyse and store urgently needed agricultural data and then pass it on to the farmers quickly and efficiently, as and when they need it.

ICT-Connect-TED, Networking Teacher Training Colleges — by admin — last modified 2005-09-09 16:17

This project was formally launched in Bagamoyo in September 2003 with a series of ICT training activities for the principals of al (44) Tanzanian Teacher Training Colleges (TTCs) and their technicians. Today, three TTCs based in Monduli, Korogwe and Iringa own the project and run it from their respective institutes. This project enables the installation of computers in all of Tanzania’s TTCs and links them to the internet. The performance of the colleges will be reinforced through the mutual exchange of data: this is the main leverage for a rapid and useful application of ICT in development.

Tanzania Education Website — by admin — last modified 2005-04-25 14:08

The project aims to provide timely, accurate and reliable information about education services throughout Tanzania. The project should become the focal point for knowledge sharing in the education sector of the country. It envisages creating many links and discussion boards facilitating users to navigate the web to helpful sources of information and effective exchange of ideas. The activities include gathering and linking quality information from local and national sources, bringing rich and varied relevant content closer to the users, facilitating dialogue among the stakeholders in the education sector, sharing knowledge and vital data, communicating easily through discussion boards and chat rooms. This is done via a website, a newsletter and the organization of high-level events.

Procurement of Computers for Tanzania Secondary Schools — by admin — last modified 2008-01-24 10:53

This project is being implemented by the Tanzania Computer Literacy for Secondary Schools Trust Fund (TCLSS-TF); an organisation that procures and refurbishes computers for secondary schools and sets up computer laboratories. The key elements of the project can be listed as follows: procuring the computers; repairing and improving used computers; training technicians; distributing (lease/sale) and networking in schools; servicing and maintaining school computers; linking with trainers and content providers in ICT; marketing and creating ICT awareness; and using ICTs to improve the administration and management infrastructure in schools and teacher training colleges.

Teachers’ Professional Development Using ICT — by admin — last modified 2006-08-31 16:52

ICT opens possibilities to renew established ideas and approaches on how to deliver teaching and how learning takes place. Life and personal exposure with new ways of learning enlarges the possibilities of teachers to improve on the existing teaching methods. It also enables them to retrieve other quality materials (e.g. from the Distance Learning and Education Services) and new information easily or compile their own teaching materials with ease. The project, therefore, aims at providing the knowledge and skills of using ICT in teaching to teachers already in the field. It does so through mounting short tailor made courses on developing competences and capacity building using ICT for teaching and learning.

Factors Shaping Successful Public/Private Partnerships — by admin — last modified 2006-08-03 16:31

Identifying and informing public and private sector policy makers of the factors shaping successful information society partnerships between business, government, the public sector and civil society.

Global Teenager Tanzania — by admin — last modified 2006-08-03 16:26

 

District computerization Kinondoni — by admin — last modified 2006-08-03 15:59

The project is an outcome of the National ICT Roundtable held in Dar es Salaam in July 1998. The drive for decentralization gives the project a sense of urgency. A study revealed that most of the functions carried out by the district commissioner's office are ineffective and inefficient. Weaknesses include limited transparency due to a lack of information. No free flow and access to information means that those concerned can neither make the right decisions nor monitor relevant developments. This cripples and impairs strategic vision. Also resource utilization tumbles to a low efficiency.

Distance education for secondary schools (DILES) — by admin — last modified 2005-03-09 14:04

Though Tanzania is rated as one of the poorest countries of the world, it still boosts one of the highest literacy rates in Africa. However, for more than a decade, the quality of education has been eroding due to budgetary constraints. The infrastructure from the 1970s "education for all" still exists, however, there is little available in terms of skilled teachers and teaching materials. The underlying problem is twofold: 1) on the supply-side, the government is unable to furnish well-trained teachers, good quality learning material and infrastructure facilities for each rural area school; and 2) on the demand-side, rural parents of schoolchildren are often unable to cover the average 40-50,000 Tanzania Shillings lump sum education payment per child designed to cover government expenses in maintaining the current situation. The result is "forgotten schools" in most rural areas and among the impoverished urban centres. The real consequence of a neglected educational infrastructure is "forgotten children." Through the latest technologies in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), the quality of the education can be improved in a cost-effective manner. Distance Education for Secondary Schools seeks to develop low cost solutions to the problem using technology. Distance Education for Secondary Schools provides schools up-country with learning material and tutoring from a Dar es Sala'am location. Musoma and Mwanza towns have been selected for up-country piloting of the Project. The Project will feature a Central Information Centre (CIC) in Dar, which will serve as a data-gathering point for relevant educational materials and teacher assistance. While educational information and skilled teachers are in great scarcity up-country, they are generally available in Dar.

E-networking — by migration OSC (5) — last modified 2005-03-09 14:05

 

Agricultural Business Information Services (BIS) Cromabu — by admin — last modified 2008-03-03 10:50

The CROMABU project was set up in Magu on the shore of lake Victoria, where the most important sources of income are cotton farming and fishing. It aims to provide the rural community with relevant price information and to build ICT capacity within the community, particularly among young people, women and farmers. The project has three components: an internet café and provision of access to third parties; community development through information and training; and price information services. For the latter, CROMABU has linked up with another IICD project - Business Information Services (BIS) - which compiles and analyses agricultural information. In short, CROMABU provides farmers with timely and accurate information about prices and trade flows which helps them to make informed decisions about buying and selling and thereby increases their profits.

Mwanza Community Tele-Centres (CTC) — by admin — last modified 2005-07-04 15:11

Investment in traditional terrestrial communication networks requires high traffic volumes in order to be economically viable. The Mwanza Community TeleCenter (CTC) highlights a promising solution by working to strengthen theses aspects of rural service provision that depend on information exchange, by means of satellite and wireless communications that reach the most remote rural areas as easily as downtown. Before CTC was set up in 1999 only one small access point was available in the entire region charging high rates. Through the development of an Internet café, training facilities and a dynamic community website and a highly interactive mailing list, the Mwanza CTC provides access to basic ICT services for a wide range of both lower and middle-income groups at very affordable prices, in addition to offering other facilities.