Resources – Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

An expanding list of Resources for Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in West Africa is provided in the links below, and also within the attachment near the bottom:

World Bank - The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2014
http://data.worldbank.org/products/data-books/little-data-book-on-info-communication-tech

WHO – ICT – Humanitarian Emergency Platform
http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/countries;jsessionid=304E686200C2039FAA15B635F1FBA4B3

Africa Telecommunications Regulators - African Fixed and Mobile Telecom operators by State
http://www.africantelecomsnews.com/Operators_Regulators/List_of_African_telecommunications_regulators.shtml

African Development Bank Group – infrastructureafrica.org
http://infrastructureafrica.org/countries

infoDev- Survey of ICT and Education in Africa (Volume 2) – (2007)
http://www.infodev.org/articles/survey-ict-and-education-africa-volume-2

Transformation-Ready: The strategic application of information and communication technologies in Africa - Education Sector Study – (slideshow – December 2011)
http://www.slideshare.net/slariccia/ict-in-africa-education-fullreport

Africa Internet Summit `15
http://internetsummitafrica.org/en/about/ais-15

Wikipedia - List of telecommunications regulatory bodies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_telecommunications_regulatory_bodies

Guinea

Autorité de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications (ARPT)
http://www.arpt.gov.gn/

WHO – ICT – Humanitarian Emergency Platform – Guinea
http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/countries/guinea

WHO – African Health Observatory – Guinea - Health information, research, evidence and knowledge
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Guinea:Health_information,_research,_evidence_and_knowledge

Guinea - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Market Insights and Statistics
http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Guinea-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Market-Insights-and-Statistics.html

Liberia

Liberia Telecommunications Authority
http://www.lta.gov.lr/

Information Communication Technology Association of Liberia
http://www.ictliberia.org/history.php

WHO – ICT – Humanitarian Emergency Platform – Liberia
http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/countries-liberia

USAID – NetHope- GBI
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY RESPONSE TO THE LIBERIA EBOLA CRISIS
Desk Review and Recommendations for Private Sector Engagement (67 page .PDF file)
http://solutionscenter.nethope.org/assets/collaterals/USAID_LiberiaICTDeskReview_Final_Nov414.pdf

WHO – Africa - Leverage information and communication technologies
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Liberia:Leverage_information_and_communication_technologies

WHO – African Health Observatory – Liberia - Health information, research, evidence and knowledge
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Liberia:Health_information,_research,_evidence_and_knowledge

WHO – African Health Observatory – Liberia - Infrastructure
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Liberia:Infrastructure

African Development Bank Group – infrastructureafrica.org – Liberia
http://infrastructureafrica.org/countries/liberia

The Liberian Connection (TLC) – Africa
http://www.tlcafrica.com/technology.htm

Wikipedia – Communications in Liberia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Liberia

ICTworks – Liberia
http://www.ictworks.org/tag/liberia/

Sierra Leone

National Telecommunications Commission
http://www.natcom.gov.sl/

WHO – ICT – Humanitarian Emergency Platform – Sierra Leone
http://ictemergency.wfp.org/web/ictepr/countries/sierra-leone

WHO – African Health Observatory – Sierra Leone - Infrastructure
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Sierra_Leone:Infrastructure

Republic of Sierra Leone – Ministry of Information and Communications
http://ogi.gov.sl/content/ministry-information-and-communications

Guinea Bissau

Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné-Bissau
http://arn.gw/

World Bank - Improving connectivity information and communication technology sector development in Guinea Bissau
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/11/23035432/improving-connectivity-information-communication-technology-sector-development-guinea-bissau-developpement-du-secteur-des-technologies-de-linformation-de-la-communication-tic-en-guinee-bissau

WHO – African Health Observatory – Guinea Bissau - Health information, research, evidence and knowledge
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Guinea-Bissau:Health_information,_research,_evidence_and_knowledge

Nigeria

Nigerian Communications Commission
http://www.ncc.gov.ng/

WHO – African Health Observatory – Nigeria - Health information, research, evidence and knowledge
http://www.aho.afro.who.int/profiles_information/index.php/Nigeria:Health_information,_research,_evidence_and_knowledge

African Development Bank Group – infrastructureafrica.org – Nigeria
http://infrastructureafrica.org/countries/nigeria

SciDevNet – articles about ICTs
http://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/communication/icts/