... FOSS in South Africa. It was supported by the Shuttleworth Foundation [3] , the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Hewlett Packard. The policy recommendations which emerged were substantially similar to those of the PNC report, including a timeline for concrete...

... of August 2005, Johannesburg (Levinet al., 2005). The Go‐Open campaign was a joint initiative aimed at promotion and awareness rising around FOSS in South Africa. It was supported by the Shuttleworth Foundation [3] , the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR...

..., Europe and the Pacific's in embracing sector reforms and ICTs. In fact, even in South Africa alone, progress on the adoption of ICTs has remained uneven with the majority of HEIs adopting a piece‐meal add‐on approach. Although there has been some progress, the effectiveness of ICT usage in many HEIs has...

... policies) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Data covering the period 2000‐2009 on the above influencing factors were collected from the World Bank databases and other sources. A logarithmic transformation of data was done, followed by a regression analysis in order to determine...

... and empowerment. Little has been reported on such training in developing countries. Based on the authors' involvement in a UNESCO‐funded IL training project for teachers in a developing community in South Africa, the purpose of this paper is to review literature and to suggest a model that can further research...

... for development (ICTD) contexts. The research is undertaken within the Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL) in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Action research is the approach undertaken in this research with an extensive literature review to inform the development of the architecture, which is later...

... Kyobe can be contacted at: michael.kyobe@uct.ac.za Small to medium‐sized enterprises Corporate strategy Strategic alignment South Africa The alignment of information technology (IT) and the business goals (hereafter referred to as alignment) is crucial to the success of organizations...