E-Infrastructure and E-Services for Developing Countries

1. Front Matter

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2. Wireless Network Technologies

   1. Connecting Mobile Phones via Carrier-Grade Meshed Wireless Back-Haul Networks

      • Mathias Kretschmer, Peter Hasse, Christian Niephaus, Thorsten Horstmann, Karl Jonas

      Pages 1-10

   2. Leveraging SMS Infrastructure for Internet Access in Developing Countries: Scenarios, Architecture and Research Directions

      • Fatna Belqasmi, Carl Aniambossou, Roch Glitho

      Pages 11-21

   3. A Structural Parameter Based Modification of Energy Conscious ESPAR Antenna System through Optimization for WLAN’s Dual-Band Operability

      • Mncedisi J. Bembe, Willem Clarke, Albert A. Lysko

      Pages 22-30

3. Security Issues on Network Infrastructures

   1. Continent-Based Comparative Study of Internet Attacks

      • Idris A. Rai, Matsiko Perez

      Pages 31-40

   2. Detecting Network Intrusions Using Hierarchical Temporal Memory

      • Gift Khangamwa

      Pages 41-48

4. E-Governance

   1. Global Survey on Culture Differences and Context in Using E-Government Systems: A Pilot Study

      • Marlien Herselman, Darelle van Greunen

      Pages 49-68

   2. Improving Public Administrations via Law Modeling and BPR

      • Aaron Ciaghi, Adolfo Villafiorita

      Pages 69-78

   3. Adaptation of Mobile Application to Improve Flow of Birth Information from the Community to the District Level

      • Caroline Ngoma, Marlen Stacey Chawani, Jo Herstad

      Pages 79-92

5. ICT for Development

   1. Utilization of ICTs in Multipurpose Community Telecentres in Rural Malawi

      • Patrick Albert Chikumba

      Pages 93-101

   2. Egypt Local Government Websites Maturity: Current Status

      • Hisham Abdelsalam, Hatem ElKadi, Sara Gamal

      Pages 102-112

   3. Student Performance in Computer Studies in Secondary Schools in Malawi

      • Patrick Albert Chikumba

      Pages 113-121

6. ICT Business Models and Open-Access

   1. Enabling Business Intelligence Functions over a Loosely Coupled Environment

      • Giampaolo Armellin, Leandro Paulo Bogoni, Annamaria Chiasera, Tefo James Toai, Gianpaolo Zanella

      Pages 122-131

   2. Emerginov: How Free Software Can Boost Local Innovation, a Win-Win Deal between Operator and Local Innovation Partners

      • Morgan Richomme, Geerish Suddul, Rai Basgeet, Avinash Soobul

      Pages 132-140

7. Back Matter

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOM 2010, held in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2010. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected and cover a wide range of topics such as wireless network technologies, E-governance, as well as ICT for development and ICT business models and open-access.

• SMS infrastructure provision
• e-government
• e-learning
• enterprice information systems
• network security
• wireless Internet access
• wireless telecommunications

• Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin, Germany

  Radu Popescu-Zeletin

• Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  Idris A. Rai

• Schloss Birlinghoven, Fraunhofer Fokus, Sankt Augustin, Germany

  Karl Jonas

• FBK Center for Information Technology, Trento, Italy

  Adolfo Villafiorita

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