Tobenefit fromthe advantages of information society, on theonehand, and tobe afraid of being left further behind by Global Society and the increase in the digital divide, on the other hand, stimulate countries to be part of Global Information Society. These issues have led policymakers to move towards such a society by identifying the objectives, goals and targets. Planning to achieve these obj...

This study is a work in progress that sets out to measure the readiness for e-commerce of an aggressively developing economy in East Africa – Ethiopia – a nation that has a significant historical and geo-political status at the horn in order for it to be able to compete in the global information economy. The paper initially embarks on explaining the distinction among the fundamental concepts of...

The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated framework to evaluate organizational e-government readiness for government organizations. This framework is necessary as current ones ignore challenges that arise due to organizational transformation issues stemming from diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This study adopts an e-government framework to highlight t...

This paper is an offshoot of the findings of a doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Johannesburg (formerly Rand Afrikaans University) in South Africa on the assessment of e-readiness tools with respect to information access. The paper argues that information is a key component in the e-readiness equation and yet it is not given much emphasis in the e-readiness extant tools, but is i...

INTRODUCTION During the past 20 years, with huge advances in information technology and particularly, in the areas of health, various forms of electronic records have been discussed, designed or implemented. Although making health records automatically has many advantages but unfortunately in some cases, creation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system seems to be complicated. E-health (Ele...

e-Readiness assessments, for countries and organizations, are becoming of increasing importance, as they specify the current states from which planning for ICT “information and communication technology” toward supporting sustainable development, should start. This paper is concerned with providing an approach, based on the STOPE “strategy, technology, organization, people, and environment” fram...

ICT Infrastructure is a key ingredient for efficient Information and Communication Technology. Information and Communication Technology plays an important role in rapid development and good governance. E-Government means the use of ICT tools and technology to provide e-services with the help of ICT infrastructure including hardware, software, network and communication channels. This study has b...