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Vacancy for Field Officers positions :FADECO Community Radio, Tanzania

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Field officers advert- FADECO KARAGWE TANZANIA is a local media house in Tanzania, combining the services of a rural information tele-centre and modern/ traditional ICTs to catapult the speed of rural development. FADECO Radio is involved in dissemination of information for Development (ICT4D) in rural Tanzania and has as its core objective: local content generation, [...]

Researching Internet: Where to Start & New Ideas

Monday, March 29, 2010

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This is an informative piece that I thought I could share with people interested in ICT4D and telecentres for that matter. It is a piece posted by Sienna Miller to the Youthink blog on the World Bank website. Sienna has been doing research on traditional telecenter sustainability. She makes some interesting observations. I have spent [...]

Africa ICT News round-up

Friday, January 15, 2010

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Telecentres struggle to take-off in Rwanda The government may lose Rwf155m if the requirements needed to operate equipment Public Information Kiosks (PIK) are not met soon. The equipment is practically not functioning due to low connectivity among others. A PIK unit is basically composed of a computer, a kiosk frame, a kiosk touch screen, a [...]

Kenya Digital Study

Monday, January 11, 2010

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The Kenya ICT Board and TNS Research International are conducting an online survey to understand Internet usage and potential among Kenyans. You can participate in this online study that will take you no more than 25 minutes. Your opinion and feedback will help in identifying existing gaps and potential with regard to Internet availability and [...]

Africa needs strong ICT policies

Monday, January 11, 2010

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I literally stumbled upon this interesting article that highlights the need for strong ICT policies in Africa. The writer notes that this will help African countries either become an integral part of the global knowledge economy or find themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide. Publishing scientific findings and accessing the research of [...]

African News on ICT and technology

Monday, October 19, 2009

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AFRICA: African universities to buy 60 GB bandwidth and set up continental network Almost unnoticed African universities have come together to sort out their bandwidth problems in the new era of fibre. In April 2010, European NREN Dante will start to implement with eastern Africa’s UbuntuNet Alliance, a continental network to link up African universities [...]

ICT news round up

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Africa: ICT is Transforming the Continent Says Kagame Despite being a ‘late-comer’ in embracing the use of Information Communication Technology, Africa has embraced ICT tools that have put the continent on the right development path. “Being late-comers in embracing, and indeed starting from a low base in creating information and communication technology sectors, ICT is [...]

Weekly ICT news summary

Friday, August 7, 2009

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Here is a summary of some of the hottest ICT news stories from East Africa and beyond. Kenya: Rural Folk to Miss Out On Cheap High Speed Internet Majority of Kenya’s Internet service providers have no capacity to supply downstream consumers with fibre optic bandwidth, leaving room for a few players, who may use the [...]

ChangeWaves partners with CPAU to conduct ICT training

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

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ChangeWaves is partnering with the Common Wealth People’s Association of Uganda to conduct ICT training (Social Technopreneurship) for young people in Uganda. The training will be conducted in August. The course modules include Elementary Class: Basic Computing (MS Office & Internet) Intermediate Class:Web Designing, HTML (Namo, Macromedia, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash and Photoshop) Advanced Class: Networking [...]

ChangeWaves facilitates sessions at Technology & Education Conference

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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ChangeWaves will be facilitating two brainstorming sessions — “What aid and development is helpful, and what is not helpful? Identifying key needs, and more effective solutions” and “What Unique Strengths Africa and Africans can Contribute to the World?” — at the Technology for Education in Developing Countries Conference in Kampala. The goal of this international [...]