l'information numérique et les enjeux de la ... - smsi :: tunis 2005
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Colloque international:L'information <strong>numérique</strong> <strong>et</strong> <strong>les</strong> <strong>enjeux</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>la</strong> société d'information<br />
144<br />
THE USE OF NEW INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR RURAL<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
Fundong, a rural town found in the Northwest Province<br />
of Cameroon is located on <strong>la</strong>titu<strong>de</strong> 10° 14’W and 11°15’<br />
E, b<strong>et</strong>ween longitu<strong>de</strong>s 6° 27’ and 8° 26’N. The<br />
popu<strong>la</strong>tion of this area stands at 66,310 (sixty-six<br />
thousand, three hundred and ten) inhabitants. To address<br />
the main objective of the study, which is the use of<br />
information and communication technologies for local<br />
<strong>de</strong>velopment, data were collected at the group and<br />
household levels. At the community level, we<br />
administered questionnaires and conducted focus group<br />
discussions with people of different occupational<br />
backgrounds.<br />
In re<strong>la</strong>tion to access to New Information and<br />
Communication Technologies, the town is covered by<br />
an MTN ( mobile telephone n<strong>et</strong>work) transmitter<br />
installed in one of the vil<strong>la</strong>ges, which makes access to<br />
information through the mobile phone possible. The<br />
effective consumption of NICTs through which<br />
educational messages are diffused <strong>de</strong>pend on<br />
respon<strong>de</strong>nts’ educational level, which in turn d<strong>et</strong>ermine<br />
messages consumption rates. However, for the <strong>la</strong>rgely<br />
uneducated popu<strong>la</strong>tion, local communication channels<br />
such as the town criers p<strong>la</strong>y an important role in<br />
educating the people. Messages diffused by town criers<br />
are in the local <strong>la</strong>nguages. Most of the New Information<br />
and Communication Technologies as well as those<br />
surrounding the World Wi<strong>de</strong> Web, like the Intern<strong>et</strong>, are<br />
<strong>les</strong>s known in the area due either to ignorance or to the<br />
absence of the fix telephone n<strong>et</strong>work.<br />
Key words:<br />
Development, information, communication,<br />
technologies, Fundong,<br />
Nobert TOHNAIN LENGHA<br />
ISD, Tunis<br />
14-16 avril <strong>2005</strong>