An exploration of the categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of the Dwesa project

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dc.contributor.authorPade, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorMallinson, Brenda
dc.contributor.authorSewry, David
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-30T09:03:15Z
dc.date.available2020-06-30T09:03:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-10
dc.description.abstractInformation Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a significant role in enhancing rural development in developing countries. However, rural ICT projects are confronted with challenges that result in projects that are not sustainable, or fail altogether. These challenges include access to infrastructure, limited formal education, insufficient training and capacity building, financial and political constraints, and social and cultural challenges. Sustainability is key to the effectiveness of a rural ICT project, therefore it is important to understand the concept and categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas. The categories are social and cultural, institutional, economic, political, and technological sustainability. An exploration of the categories of sustainability is undertaken on an ICT project in rural Dwesa.en
dc.exception.reasonI was previously affiliated with Rhodes University when I published this article. I joined De Montfort University on 1 May 2020.en
dc.funderNo external funderen
dc.identifier.citationPade, C., Mallinson, B. and Sewry, D. (2006) An exploration of the categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of the Dwesa project. In Proceedings of the 2006 annual research conference of the South African institute of computer scientists and information technologists on IT research in developing countries (SAICSIT ’06). South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, ZAF, pp. 100–106en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1145/1216262.1216273
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19867
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machineryen
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)en
dc.subjectinformation communication technologies (ICT)en
dc.subjectsustainabilityen
dc.subjectrural developmenten
dc.subjectruralen
dc.subjectproject failureen
dc.subjectsocialen
dc.subjectculturalen
dc.subjectpoliticalen
dc.titleAn exploration of the categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of the Dwesa projecten
dc.typeConferenceen

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