Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) is faced with the challenge of creating sustainable and innovative success stories which speak to the creation of an inclusive digital society. Initial attempts at ICT4D had limited success. “ICT for Society through Society” implies an approach through which digital inclusion is driven from within a society with the potential to contribute to ICT4D efforts. In this paper, it is argued that code-sprints, when enriched with life skill elements, utilising tertiary education students from development communities as participants, have the potential to create innovative solutions for that community. In short, complying with the ICT for Society through Society mantra.
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Coetzee , L. 2010. ICT for society through society: Application of code-sprints as entrepreneurial enabler. CSIR 3rd Beinnual Conference 2010, Science Real and Relevant, CSIR International Convention Center, Pretoria, South Africa, pp 8
Coetzee, L. (2010). ICT for society through society: Application of code-sprints as entrepreneurial enabler. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4243
Coetzee, L. "ICT for society through society: Application of code-sprints as entrepreneurial enabler." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4243
Coetzee L, ICT for society through society: Application of code-sprints as entrepreneurial enabler; CSIR; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4243 .