Publication: Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report
Date
2007-06
ISSN
Published
2007-06
Author(s)
Tutu, Osei Agyeman
Abstract
This short country report, a result of
larger Information for Development Program
(infoDev)-supported survey of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) in education in Africa, provides a
general overview of current activities and issues related to
ICT use in education in the country. Cape Verde has made
significant strides in the implementation of ICTs in
education. The drawback of doing so has been the exorbitant
cost of Internet connection and services owing to the
monopoly maintained by Cabo Verde Telecom. Further, the
availability of the technology in terms of usability by the
general population is limited to two islands where cyber
cafes have been established by private companies nearly to
the exclusion of the others. The 30 percent of the
population living below the poverty line may never be able
to access such facilities, and another 12,000 families may
never enjoy such communication because of the terrain that
makes it impossible for electric power to be extended to
them using traditional means.
Citation
“Tutu, Osei Agyeman. 2007. Survey of ICT and Education in Africa : Cape Verde Country Report. InfoDev ICT and Education Series. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/ae90a587-3184-5dd5-b342-22dbacc5b5e3 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”