This is an invitation to join a new listserv that focuses on public-private partnership initiatives in the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs), with a particular emphasis on the economic and political dynamic usually referred to as 'development'. Following the growth of private-sector involvement in public infrastructure projects across the globe, corporate investments often have become a substitute for public funding formerly provided by intergovernmental agencies, international aid organizations, and governments. Usually considered in terms of a pooling of private and public resources, public-private partnerships aim at a cooperative provision of services and products to exploit synergy effects although they take many forms and adopt a variety of organizational, funding and governance structures. The listserv will 'go live' once an initial threshold of 50 subscribers has been reached. Online subscription will be enabled once this number has been reached. To subscribe, please contact Soenke Zehle ([email protected] [5]) or Lisa McLaughlin ([email protected] [6]).