Why you should attend the ICT4D Conference in Lusaka | WestMac Media

By Staff Writer, Lusaka 

The rapid growth in the numbers of attendees at the ICT4D Conference since its inception is testament not only to the fantastic learning and networking opportunities the event provides but also to the global focus on ICT4D. Yet ten sessions on from the first conference, many questions are still being asked about the extent and the type of impact ICT is having in alleviating the agricultural, humanitarian, health, educational, environmental and financial stresses and inequalities facing the most marginalised and low resourced communities and groups in our world. 

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With the internet being part of a nation’s critical infrastructure mix for many years, access to affordable and reliable ICT is deemed by many to be essential for continued socio-economic growth and development. However, digital inclusion rates still reveal sharp divides between Global North and South, urban and rural communities and notably by gender. 

Much focus is now on looking for evidence, not of ICT itself which is near ubiquitous but, of development from ICT use. 

These crucial points will underpin the themes of 10th ICT4D Conference taking place May 8-10, 2018 in Lusaka, Zambia: Innovate. Connect. Transform. 

Attend the leading ICT4D conference to meet your ICT4D community and debate solutions and answers to questions such as how and where ICT innovation helps sectors in aid and development achieve goals and accelerate their objectives. 

The ICT4D Conference event, founded by Catholic Relief Services, is organized by a consortium that is led by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and includes: NetHope, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), DAI Global Health, the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), iMerit Technology Services, SOS Children’s Villages, the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and World Vision International (WVI).