• Access and Infrastructure

Included in this category are the projects that have a primary objective of increasing access to information and ICTs. Invariably, there is a strong social dimension to these projects. They often deal with ‘last mile’ initiatives, increasing access and capacity building at a local level, and addressing issues such as culture, gender equity, social equity, sustainable community development and benefits to rural areas.

• Capacity Building and Education

Capacity building is a key component in almost all ICT for development projects. However, certain projects specifically focus on ICT capacity building for local communities or on increasing the ICT capacity of educational and learning institutions.

• e-Governance and e-Government

This section include case studies on e-governance and e-government, in particular, document pro-poor e-government initiatives and their impact on the creation and protection of sustainable livelihoods, provision of access to entitlements and social services, provision of relevant information for human development and security and/or addressing the needs of the most vulnerable groups.

• Environment and Agriculture

These projects specifically address the design of solutions to meet the complex demands of environmental management or agriculture services such as crop forecasting, disease management and marketing.

• Free and Open Source Software

This is a compilation of case studies on the successful deployment of Free and Open Source Software in selected projects from across the world.

• Gender and ICT

Included in this category are projects that use ICTs to address gender inequity, and empower women and girls.

• Health and Medicine

Included in this category are projects that use ICTs to address health issues.

• Policy and Social Analyses

In this category are projects with a more traditional focus on research and analysis of outcomes and social impacts from specific ICT policies, interventions and applications.

• Technical Innovation for Development

This category represents projects that have a central focus on technical innovation or deal with the construction of digital systems or strategies that increase the capacity or efficiency of network infrastructures. Projects in this category include new applications as well as applications that build on existing technologies to serve development needs.