The Influence of Community Characteristics towards Telecentres Success

Yusop, Nor Iadah; Yusof, Shafiz Affendi Mohd; Aji, Zahurin Mat; Ibrahim, Huda; Kasiran, Khairudin; Dahalin, Zulkhairi; Ghani, Nor Farzana Abdul; Razak, Rafidah Abdul; Hassan, Syahida; Rahmat, Abdul Razak

doi:10.5539/cis.v3n2p116

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“…ICTs have the potential to empower by alleviating poverty and facilitating socio-economic improvements [7], [9], [32]. Use of ICTs helps people acquire skills, enabling resources and access to ensure and sustain revenue and livelihoods, to seek employment and additional opportunities [29].…”

Section: Icts and Economic Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Telecentres on the Economic Empowerment of the Youth in Disadvantaged Communities of South Africa

Booi

Chigona

Maliwichi

et al. 2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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We investigated how telecentres influence the economic empowerment of the youth in disadvantaged communities in South Africa and what factors affect their usage. For South Africa, the inequalities are greatly attributed to the apartheid government policy of segregating other races from major development activities. ICT is an enabler to development and may play a role in education, health and the economy. Interventions such as telecentres have the potential to deliver socioeconomic benefits for people living in disadvantaged communities. Data for the study was collected through interviews with users of the Smart Cape and a privately-owned telecentre in Cape Town. The study used the Choice Framework as a theoretical lens. The study showed that (i) indeed the telecenters were aiding in empowering the youth living in disadvantaged communities (ii) the youth faced a number of personal, environmental and institutional challenges which limited their use and benefits from the telecenters. This research may help policymakers and project implementers on how to design and implement similar projects in future.

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Section: Icts and Economic Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Telecentres on the Economic Empowerment of the Youth in Disadvantaged Communities of South Africa

Booi

Chigona

Maliwichi

et al. 2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…Besides sustainability, consideration should be given to government policy, business planning, and telecentres' objectives (Yusop et al, 2010). In addition, rural communities play an important role in embracing the policies and programmes implemented by the government.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Review Paper: Critical Factors Affecting the Development of ICT Projects in Malaysia

Meng¹,

Samah²,

Omar³

2013

ASS

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Malaysia has been stuck at middle-income level since the 1990s. Hence, the government has been aggressively undertaking productivity improvement by enhancing its technological and knowledge capabilities in order to transform the community into a knowledge-based society. However, more than 40% of its population still lives in rural areas and lack basic infrastructure (such as fixed telephone lines or Internet connection). This has led to a wider information gap between the rural and urban communities. The setting up of telecentres is seen as a means by which to bridge this gap, as it will provide public access to ICT services and facilities, particularly in remote areas where such services and facilities are lacking. Malaysia has systematically planned a framework to narrow down the gap; it attempts to offer the best ICT infrastructure to its people, thereby allowing them to adopt ICT as a tool to improve their social-economic status. Although investments and efforts have been in place, however, some of these projects have yet to prove successful, and many projects are still in a developmental stage. In addition, there are few empirical studies on the critical issues surrounding the formation of ICT projects in Malaysia, and we are in dire need of research to fill this gap. This paper provides a discussion of the relevant documents, and a literature analysis, regarding the catalysts and barriers towards the development of ICT projects.

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“…Evidence from previous studies has proven that ICT has improved the livelihoods of marginalized poor people through the direct or indirect impact on increased agricultural production, better market facilities and cost-effective post-harvest management [16][17][18][19][20]. Also, ICT can opened up so many areas to facilitate flow of information and technology service delivery systems to develop the capacity of rural farmers [21,22]. In the last decade, the Government of Bangladesh under the Ministry of ICT and many other departments launched a wide range of ICT projects to achieve the status of 'Digital Bangladesh'.…”

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Utilization and Effectiveness of ICT as Agricultural Information Delivery System in Thakurgao, Bangladesh

Haque

Hoque

2021

SAJSSE

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The study was conducted in Thakurgaon sadar Upazila to determine farmers’ perception of the extent and factors of ICTs effectiveness in transferring farming information. A total of 250 people who were already been taken services from different ICT center was selected as sample respondents following a random sampling technique. Primary data were collected using a predesigned interview schedule. Findings revealed that 57.2% of the respondents contacted with Union Digital Center while 38.8% contacted with government own ICT center AICC (Agricultural Information and Communication Center) for their farming-related information. Majority (79.2%) of the respondents opined that they have utilized ICTs moderately to highly whereas three-fourth of the respondents found ICTs moderately to extremely effective in transferring farming technology. Uninterrupted electricity supply, high speed of internet, providing regular training on ICTs, skilled staff and technicians for ICTs and provision for repairing ICT tools are being perceived as significant factors of ICTs effectiveness. Near future, ICT may offer a great opportunity to facilitate the flow of information and technology service delivery to the rural people of Bangladesh.

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The Influence of Community Characteristics towards Telecentres Success

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

The Influence of Telecentres on the Economic Empowerment of the Youth in Disadvantaged Communities of South Africa

The Influence of Telecentres on the Economic Empowerment of the Youth in Disadvantaged Communities of South Africa

A Review Paper: Critical Factors Affecting the Development of ICT Projects in Malaysia

Utilization and Effectiveness of ICT as Agricultural Information Delivery System in Thakurgao, Bangladesh

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