In 1997, Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) launched its Acacia initiative in an effort to empower sub-Saharan African communities with the ability to apply new information and communication technologies, or ICTs, to their own social and economic development. Now, 5 years later, the Acacia initiative presents this unique and groundbreaking three-volume collection of original research on this important and timely issue.

Volume 1: Opportunities and Challenges for Community Development -
Edited by Ramata Molo Thioune, ISBN 1-55250-001-2, 220 pp., paper.

Volume 2: The Experience with Community Telecentres - Edited by Florence Etta and Shiela Parvyn-Wamahiu; ISBN 1-55250-006-3, 220 pp., paper.

Volume 3: Networking Institutions of Learning - Edited by Tina James; ISBN 1-55250-008-X, 220 pp., paper

The three volumes are also available individually.