Posted By:  pfogarty Posted On:  Aug 5, 2008	Town Youth Participation Strategies Youth Board
Youth can find out more about a National project to engage youth in youth centres by joining the facebook group TYPS youth board. Some of the main functions will be planning the annual TYPS conference, conceptualizing the gala, and providing input into a website that will be a tool to ease...... [view]

Posted By:  minime-kg Posted On:  May 23, 2008	Boys and Girls National Conference
I just spent the morning at the Boys and Girls Club National Conference and wanted to share some highlights. Overall, it was really wonderful to meet many of the boys and girls staff from across Canada and get a better understanding of their priorities and program areas. Emily and I presented...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Oct 14, 2007	Four South Asian Countries Agree to ICT Connectivity
Senior officials from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal have agreed to collaborate on a subregional information communication technology (ICT) project to improve connectivity among the four countries. Bookmark or share this entry at delicious · digg · reddit ·...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Oct 18, 2007	Chasquinet Foundation wins two Global Junior Challenge Awards
Over 600 projects from 80 countries participated in the Global Junior Challenge Award but only 102 of them reached the final round. The Fundazione Mondo Digitale (Digital World Foundation) a non-profit organization founded by the Municipality of Rome and six major ICT companies, organizes...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Sep 2, 2007	Are telecentres a Farce or Reality
This article was recently published by the Cameroon Tribune. The populations of the rural areas where telecentres exist are not sensitised enough on the importance of such technology. The multipurpose community telecentres is an infrastructure which offers telecommunication services,...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Aug 8, 2007	Taking ICT to rural communities
As she browses the Internet at the Nabweru Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) computer lab, Lovincer Nabanja recounts how the facility has enabled her to acquire computer and business skills leading to better management of her restaurant. The centre greatly helped and now I can use it to run my...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Aug 3, 2007	Low power PC launched in Uganda
A commercial low power computer was launched by California based company Inveneo in Kampala last week. The computer system uses three options of power supply  including solar and a normal 12V battery as an alternative source to conventional power. The computer was launched by Inveneo with...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Jul 28, 2007	Ministry's bold steps to take ICT to rural Kenyan people
Going by recent developments, the country has made unparalleled progress in modernizing its information and telecommunications sector. Kenya now boasts of a modern telecoms sector with the highest subscriber base in the region and a robust voice and data transmission service that is bearing...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Jul 27, 2007	'Find, Use, Share & Expand'-Rufina Fernandes, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation shares her experience
I got an oppurtunity to catch up with Rufina Fernandes, CEO, NASSCOM Foundation , India for a brief interveiw. As CEO of NASSCOM Foundation Rufina's role is to give direction to this initiative, evolve a transparent mechanism to monitor the progress and motivate stakeholders involved in the...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Jul 23, 2007	Gedaref Digital City the first Digital City in Sudan
Gedaref Digital City Organization (GDCO) is a civil society organisation in the Sudanese state of Gedaref. It aims at enabling people to cope with the electronic era. It uses information technology (IT) to develop the community, bridge the Digital Divide and fight poverty among people with...... [view]

Posted By:  mfurdyk Posted On:  Jul 7, 2007	Information at your finger tips
ICTs, Training  help children to access information world "Information at your finger tips" ICTs, under the motto "Information at your finger tips",  is a promising programme that would work as bridge for children in (SCT) Salamieh Community Telecentre, to communicate with...... [view]