Abstract
African countries , from the African Information Society Initiative forum of 1995, have been working on facilitating a centralized e-government initiative. The system of implementing e-government services road map handed down by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to African countries has been the inspiration for the institutional and operational reforms driving e-government in Africa. This paper, using the Institutional theory explores the challenges of introducing these new e-government, institutional culture into an already existing cultural relationship between African governments and ICTs. The paper adopts a qualitative approach in the data collection and analysis. This paper concludes that a successful western e-government structure can only succeed, if deliberate measures are taken to make sure the new institution harmonizes with the existing institutional culture and norms.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The 1st Africa Regional ITS Conference in Accra, Ghana, March 10-11 |
Publisher | Econstor |
Publication date | 2016 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | First African Conference of the International Telecommunications Society - Accra, Ghana Duration: 10 Mar 2016 → 11 Mar 2016 Conference number: 1 http://www.africa-its.org/ |
Conference
Conference | First African Conference of the International Telecommunications Society |
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Number | 1 |
Country/Territory | Ghana |
City | Accra |
Period | 10/03/2016 → 11/03/2016 |
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Keywords
- e-Government
- Institutionel teori
- world system
- implementation