Incubator projects - ICT projects designed as start-up ventures with the hope of “growing” from a start-up to a self sustaining organization, after initial capital outlay and possible management consultancy. Information - Technology Embraces the use of computers and office systems technologies for the collection, processing, storing, packaging and dissemination of information. Internet - A seamless and global network computer systems providing services. Knowledge - Based Economy A country or region where ICT is extensively used and the. foundation of the economic development is the knowledge of society. School-Net - A network of high schools all over the country providing distance education services (broadcasting classroom content, Internet, etc.) Unicode - An industry standard allowing computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in any of the world’s writing systems. Woreda –Net - A three-tier architecture based government network for use at Federal, Regional, and Woreda levels to provide basic IP services (Web service, VOIP (voice over IP), Directory Service, Messaging and Video Conferencing. ii