Acacia: The Internet:
Out of Africa (http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/divide/)
"The Acacia initiative is an international program to empower sub-Saharan
communities with the ability to apply information and communication technologies
(ICT's) to their own social and economic development." Includes a
newsletter, a 2001-2005 prospectus, a map of the digital divide, and more. Text
in English and in French.
British Council. (http://www.britcoun.org/)
Offices in Africa are in Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South
Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)
Good site for school children.
SIBMAS
International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
-- Africa (http://www.sibmas.org/idpac/africa/index.html)
"...lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to
the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television,
cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided,
but also information about collections found within the institutions."
University of Zambia (http://www.unza.zm/)
Official site.University of Zambia has nine faculties, comprising the following:
Agricultural Sciences, Education, Engineering, Humaties and Social Sciences,
Law, Medicine, Mines, Natural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. |