iCOMMS South Africa Information Systems School of IT Version 2.0 of the ICTDEthics standards are now out - see link below! Starting 2019 with the right focus on ethics in research

We UCT Digital Library staff at UCT Libraries like this new development A LOT and are proud to be featured in the announcement! UCT Research CSAG UCT UCT Department of Information Systems UCT HSC L CILT at UCT UCT eResearch UCT African Climate & Development Initiative H3ABioNet iCOMMS South Africa

People submit papers! This is going to be fantastic #ID4A2019 School of IT

Knowledge Co-op bursaries UCT provide support to master's students who are committed to conducting research that makes an impact on civil society... Consult our electronic noticeboard for more info: bit.ly/UCTPGFundingNo… #EngagedScholarship

What if Africa-based scholars could summon enough courage and conviction to resist the peer pressure of research agendas set by Africanists? What if we permitted ourselves to ask the questions that interested us; and not those that were legible to our Northern colleagues? (1)

Congratulations to latest graduate Dr. Amoako!

Registrations are now open! #ID4A Notifications to authors will be on the 15th of May. You are welcome to attend #ID4A even if you are not presenting. Hope to see you all there! id4a.uct.ac.za/index.php/regi…

iCOMMS South Africa a discussion we often have and need to continue having - paper rejection, bad reviews etc. - it is not a reflection on you but the version of work and we all get it- even the A rated scholars!

.Tapfuma Pashapa presenting his work yesterday, making the iCOMMS family proud - #ICTs and people-centric development! cc UCT Department of Information Systems School of IT UCT

Meet the #ID4A2019 authors! (9/9) Tokollo Noko - #UserExperiences of a City Infrastructure Fault-Reporting #MobileApplication: A #SouthAfrican #CaseStudy id4a.uct.ac.za/index.php/noko/

Final presentation for the day by Tokollo Noko on User Experiences of a City Infrastructure Fault-Reporting Mobile Application: A South African Case Study #ID4A2019

.@azakij representing iCOMMS at the WRC Water Exhibition, showcasing the #DropDrop app - a tool that can enable a sustainable future in water! #EveryDropCounts #ThinkSustainability #InnovationForSustainability #ICT4D

Fantastic non-conference- highly recommended! School of IT iCOMMS South Africa Dr. C

#BigData has changed the world forever – just ask Netflix. But, argues Ulrike Rivett, when it comes to society, public sector and government big data is perhaps not the silver bullet we imagine. iCOMMS South Africa bit.ly/2NlXK5C

In the latest GeDIA blog, Mapping Africa’s tech ecosystem, Caroline Wamala Larsson interrogates "the mapping of Africa’s tech hubs, asking what purpose they serve and . . . the extent to which these maps represent accuracy with reality.” bit.ly/gediablog_mapp… #africa #gender #digital

In the latest GeDIA blog about inclusive innovation, Andrea Jimenez C. argues that "inclusion cannot be limited to temporarily tempering institutional and contextual constraints.” Click below for more! #gender #digital #innovation #feminism bit.ly/gb_inclusivein…