The initiative's activities will include: identifying and addressing regulatory/legal issues in the development of ICT as a tool for African development; providing subsidised Internet access to participating NGOs by establishing multi-purpose tele-centers in participating countries; representing NGO/CBO concerns and issues in ICT for African development;harnessing, disseminating the capacity building potential, and building capacity fo NGOs to advocate to African governments, ad their private sector partners, the benefits of innovations in ICT for their own development; and, publish a compendium of African civil society organisations and groups, including a web based African Regional directory of these organisations.

Economic development, political development, rights.

Operations NGONet Africa will be operated as a virtual network. The Minister of Communications from Malawi offered to provide a fully functional secretariat for NGONet Africa. This offer will be considered when more formal structures are in place.