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Proceedings of the 4th International IDIA Development Informatics Conference,
3-5 November 2010
Editors: Jacques Steyn, Wallace Chigona, Kosheek Sewchurran, Rangarirai Matavire, Lucas Mimbi
Publisher: School of Information Technology, Monash South Africa, 144
Peter Road, Ruimsig, South Africa
ISBN 978-0-620-47590-7
Tuesday 2 November 2010
| Early Registration | |
| 15h00 - 17h00 | Foyer, 2nd Floor, Leslie Commerce Building |
Day 1: Wednesday 3 November 2010
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
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| 8:15 | - | 8:50 | Registration | ||||||||
| 8:50 | - | 9:00 | Welcome address | ||||||||
| 9:00 | - | 9:30 | Dr Max Price | Vice chancellor, University of Cape Town | |||||||
| Keynote | |||||||||||
| Session Chair | |||||||||||
| 9:30 | - | 10:30 | Prof Francis Nyamnjoh | University of Cape Town | |||||||
| Re-thinking Communication Research and Development in Africa (full paper in PDF) | |||||||||||
| 10:30 | - | 10:45 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| Parallel Session 1.1 | Parallel Session 1.2 | Parallel Session 1.3 | |||||||||
| African Studies | LC2A | LC2B | |||||||||
| Critical and conceptual | Ecological development | e-Government | |||||||||
| Session Chair: | Raymond Kekwaletswe Tshwane University of Technology |
Ingrid Tufvesson University of Cape Town |
Harold Kincaid University of Alabama at Birmingham |
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| 10:45 | - | 11:15 | 1.1.1 | ICT Evaluation: are we asking the right questions? | 1.2.1 | Thinking about Sustainable Development: Engaging with societal and ecological concepts | 1.3.1 | Methods and conceptual tools for success in local government information systems | |||
| Ricardo Gomez Shaun Pather |
Mario Alphonso Marais | Melissa Loudon Ulrike Rivett |
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| 11:15 | 11:45 | 1.1.2 | Towards self-emancipation in ICT4D research: narratives about respect, traditional leadership and building networks of friendships in rural South Africa | 1.2.2 | Theorising about how the use of the Internet in Africa can contribute to human development | 1.3.2 | Subnational Governance of ICTs in Limpopo Province, South Africa: Structure and Implications | ||||
| Kirstin Krauss | Kosheek Sewchurran | Paul Plantinga | |||||||||
| 11:45 | 12:15 | 1.1.3 | Ethics of Participation: Research and Reporting? | 1.2.3 | BEE Trends and Competencies in informatics: IT Governance and the BEE Scorecard | 1.3.3 | Information Communication and Technology: The case of an utility |
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| Leslie Dodson S. Revi Sterling |
Kennedy N Njenga Mateka Mohapi |
Jan Meyer | |||||||||
| 12:15 | - | 13:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
| Critical and conceptual | Ecological development | e-Government | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Shaun Pather Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
Braam van der Vyver Monash University South Africa |
Jan Meyer Millpark Business School |
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| 13:00 | - | 13:30 | 1.1.4 | A Critical Analysis of Mobile Telecommunications: A Case of Rural Swaziland | 1.2.4 | Technology Transfer as a Form of Co-creation for Future Market - Issues, Frames and Concepts | 1.3.4 | E-Government in Africa: Information Security challenges and implications | |||
| Andile Simphiwe Metfula | Sudhanshu Rai Jean-Paul Van Belle Mogens Kuhn Pedersen |
Michael Kyobe | |||||||||
| m-Banking | e-Government and Service Delivery | ||||||||||
| 13:30 | 14:00 | 1.1.5 | Awareness and use of cellphone banking among low income communities in rural areas in South Africa | 1.2.5 | 1.3.5 | Using Mobile Phones to Improve Accessibility of Prepaid Electricity Voucher Services | |||||
| Nlhanhla Mlitwa Nondumiso Tsetsha |
Ray Kekwaletswe
Azwi Nemakondee |
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| Panel Discussion | |||||||||||
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
| Panel Chair | Jonathan Donner | ||||||||||
| 14:00 | 15:15 | Mobile Development | Peter Benjamin, Cell-Life Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town Marlon Parker, Cape Peninsula University of Technology Steve Song, Shuttleworth Foundation Christoph Stork, Research ICT Africa |
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| 15:15 | - | 15:30 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| m-Banking | Ecological development and SMMEs | e-Health / m-Health | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Kennedy Njenga University of Johannesburg |
Michael Kyobe University of Cape Town |
Chipo Kanjo University of Oslo, Norway |
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| 15:30 | - | 16:00 | 1.1.6 | Mobile Banking Adoption in Nigeria | 1.2.6 | Information Infrastructure Development: A South African SME ANT Perspective | 1.3.6 | Integrating and scaling Health Information Systems in Africa – the case of Sierra Leone | |||
| Felix Olu Bankole Omolola Ola Bankole Irwin Brown |
Maureen Tanner Wallace Chigona |
Johan Ivar Saebo Jørn Braa Chris Seebregts Bob Jolliffe Edem Kossi Dykki Settle |
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| 16:00 | 16:30 | 1.1.7 | Improving Data Quality in the Banking Supervisory Data of Southern Africa Central Banks | 1.2.7 | An Adaptive Model For Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises - PICaMM WITHDRAWN |
1.3.7 | Using Mobile Instant Messaging to support the substance abuse problem among South African youth | ||||
| Patricia Lutu R. Motjolopane |
David McGaughey Funchall Marlien Herselman Darelle van Greunen |
Marlon Parker Gary Wills Julia Wills |
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| 19:30 | Informal Dinner | ||||||||||
| Not included in Conference Fee | |||||||||||
Day 2: Thursday 4 November 2010
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
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| 8:00 | - | 8:50 | Refreshments | The SEACOM Undersea Fibre Optic Cable Project: A Critical Discourse Analysis | |||||||
| 8:50 | - | 9:00 | Announcements | Omolola Ola Bankole Kasky Bisimwa Isabel Jansen van Vuuren Uche Onumajuru Wallace Chigona |
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| Keynote | |||||||||||
| Session Chair | |||||||||||
| 9:00 | - | 10:00 | Prof Geoff Walsham | University of Cambridge | |||||||
| Development informatics: current status and future prospects (full paper in PDF) | |||||||||||
| Parallel Session 2.1 | Parallel Session 2.2 | Parallel Session 2.3 | |||||||||
| African Studies | LC2A | LC2B | |||||||||
| FOSS and e-Government | Human development | Pedagogy | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Michael Kyobe University of Cape Town |
Kirstin Krauss University of Pretoria |
Walter Uys University of Cape Town |
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| 10:00 | - | 10:30 | 2.1.1 | 2.2.1 | Assessing the impact of informal ICT classes in the lives of ‘at risk’ children | 2.3.1 | Foundations for a Science of Social Inclusion Systems | ||||
| Sheelagh Mary Walton Irene Maitland Graeme Johanson |
Fabio Nauras Akhras | ||||||||||
| Digital Divide | Human development | Pedagogy | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Stephen Mutula University of Botswana |
Kirstin Krauss University of Pretoria |
Walter Uys University of Cape Town |
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| 10:30 | 11:00 | 2.1.2 | Applying the Digital Doorway design research model to do skills transfer in rural communities | 2.2.2 | Application of Sustainable Livelihood Approach in assessing impact of ICT use in microenterprises in developing countries | 2.3.2 | Focus Group Strategies in Community Development | ||||
| Marlien Herselman Ronel Smith Kim Gush Grant Cambridge Adele Botha Mario Marais |
Frank Makoza Wallace Chigona |
Bennett Matthew Alexander Mikko Korpela |
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| 11:00 | - | 11:15 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| Session Chair | Isabella Rega University Della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland |
Andy Bytheway Cape Peninsula University of Technology |
Peter Weimann Univesity of Beuth Hochschule Berlin, Germany |
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| 11:15 | 11:45 | 2.1.3 | An investigation of the use of VoIP system as an answer to the digital divide in Africa. A Case study of the blind and deaf people. | 2.2.3 | Maximizing Human Resources in South Africa | 2.3.3 | Enhancing Design Science for social Development | ||||
| Watson Manduna S.B Mangena |
Kevin Allan Johnston Ingrid Tufvesson Nicolette Christie Johnston |
Tibuhinda Ngozi | |||||||||
| 11:45 | 12:15 | 2.1.4 | The Digital Divide and Barriers to Mobile Internet Adoption | 2.2.4 | Towards Information Literacy training for teachers in rural South African communities: Research in Progress | 2.3.4 | Sustainability of collaborative information system development projects – a North-South case study | ||||
| Jean-Paul Van Belle Riaan Koegelenberg Sudhanshu Rai |
Kirstin Krauss Ina Fourie |
Markus Pscheidt Theo van der Weide |
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| 12:15 | 13:00 | 2.1.5 | Telecentre Replication Initiative in Borneo Malaysia: The CoERI Experience | 2.2.5 | Linking ICTs to Community development: Case of Masendu community in Bulilima Mangwe District of Zimbabwe | 2.3.5 | A System Development Methodology Framework for Development of Rural Community Based Systems in South Africa | ||||
| Alvin W. Yeo Faisal S. Hazis Tariq Zaman Peter Songan Khairuddin Ab. Hamid |
Kudakwashe Madzima Isaac Nhamu |
Ntombovuyo Wayi Magda Huisman |
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| 13:00 | - | 13:45 | Lunch | ||||||||
| Digital Divide and usability | Human development | e-Government and Service Delivery | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Joachim Schuler Hochschule Pforzheim, Germany |
Sheelagh Walton Monash University South Africa |
Agnes Chigona University of Witwatersrand |
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| 13:45 | - | 14:15 | 2.1.6 | The Impact of Usability on Efforts to Bridge the Digital Divide | 2.2.6 | Using Interactive ICT to Support the Rehabilitation of Juvenile ex-Convicts in South Africa | 2.3.6 | Research Testbed Networks: Practical Tools for Service Delivery? | |||
| Funmi Adebesin Paula Kotze Helene Gelderblom |
Lubabalo Ntsokolo Nlhanhla Mlitwa |
Ronald Wertlen Ingrid Sieborger Mosioua Tsietsi Zelalem Shibeshi Alfredo Terzoli |
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| 14:15 | 14:45 | 2.1.7 | Mobile phone adoption: Optimising value for older adults in a developing country | 2.2.7 | Social cultural discourse analysis of collaborative learning in Facebook postings | 2.3.7 | Towards Establishing a Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) Univ Botswana | ||||
| Judy van Biljon Tobie van Dyk Helene Gelderblom |
Patient Rambe | Stephen Mutula, A Mutshewa | |||||||||
| Panel | |||||||||||
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
| Panel Chair | |||||||||||
| 14:45 | - | 15:45 | What are the ontological assumptions embedded in ICT4D research? | Prof Muhammadou M.O. Kah, University of the Gambia Prof Kosheek Sewchurran, University of Cape Town Prof Wallace chigona, University of Cape Town Prof Irwin Brown, University of Cape Town Kirstin Krauss, University of Pretoria |
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| 15:45 | - | 16:00 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| Digital Divide and Usability | Human development | Public / Shared access to ICT | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Kevin Johnston University of Cape Town | Zoran Mitrovic University of Western Cape |
Chipo Kanjo University of Oslo, Norway |
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| 16:00 | - | 16:30 | 2.1.8 | The Operation and Use of State-Funded Telecentres in South Africa: CLIQ Insights from Kwazulu Natal | 2.2.8 | A revolution in ICT, the last hope for African Rural Communities' technology appropriation | 2.3.8 | A comparison of Telecentre models in Thailand and South Africa | |||
| Heidi Attwood | Gereon Koch Kapuire Nicola J Bidwell Edwin Blake |
Abraham Gert van der Vyver, Kamoirat Intaratat Mohamed Alasow |
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| 19:30 | Conference Dinner | ||||||||||
| Silvertree Restaurant Kirstenboch Gardens - map |
Included in Conference Fee | ||||||||||
Day 3: Friday 5 November 2010
| 8:00 | - | 8:50 | Registration | ||||||||
| 8:50 | 9:00 | Announcements | |||||||||
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
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| Keynote | |||||||||||
| Session Chair | |||||||||||
| 9:00 | - | 10:00 | Prof Victor Mbarika | President, The ICT University and Executive Director/IT professor, ICITD, Southern University | |||||||
| Let’s Stop and Rethink IS Research in the Sub-Saharan African Context | |||||||||||
| Parallel Session 3.1 | Parallel Session 3.2 | Parallel Session 3.3 | |||||||||
| African Studies | LC2A | LC2A | |||||||||
| Public/Shared Access to ICTs | e-Learning / e-Health | Economic development and SMMEs | |||||||||
| Session Chair | Braam van der Vyver Monash University South Africa |
Patricia Lutu University of Pretoria |
Fabio Akhras Renato Archer Center of Information Technology, Brazil | ||||||||
| 10:00 | - | 10:30 | 3.1.1 | Investigating Social Representations of Telecentres: Location does matter | 3.2.1 | The use of virtual machines to support hands-on learning experiences in undergraduate systems-oriented courses | 3.3.1 | Towards a model for ERP user adoption in SMMEs: an emerging economy analysis | |||
| Isabella Rega | Abiodun Afolayan Ogunyemi Kevin Johnston |
Isabel Jansen van Vuuren Lisa Seymour |
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| 10:30 | - | 11:00 | 3.1.2 | Digital Doorway: Social-Technical Innovation for High Needs Communities | 3.2.2 | Developing Integrated National Health Information Systems in Malawi:Challenges and South-South Collaboration | 3.3.2 | A Habermasian Analysis of the Policy on Free and Open Source Software Use for the South African Government | |||
| Larry Stillman Marlien Herselman Mario Marais Mmamakanye Pitse Boshomane Paul Plantinga Sheelagh Walton |
Chipo Kanjo Jorn Braa Edem Kossi Christon Moyo |
Elizaveta Mac Lennan Wallace Chigona |
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| 11:00 | - | 11:15 | Refreshments | ||||||||
| Panel | |||||||||||
| Venue: African Studies | |||||||||||
| Panel Chair | Ineke Buskens | ||||||||||
| 11:15 | - | 12:15 | Gender4Development Informatics: what, why and how? | Ineke Buskens - Gender Research into Information Communication Technology for Empowerment Jennifer Radloff, Association for Progressive Communications Women’s Networking Support Programme Dr. Agnes Chigona, University of Witwatersrand Selina Mudavanhu, University of Cape Town Kiss Abraham, GRACE, Zambia |
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| 12:15 | - | 13:00 | Lunch | ||||||||
| 13:00 | IDIA General Meeting | ||||||||||
