Rwanda’s investment in technology is not restricted to the country’s urban areas. Rural communities benefit too through the development of a telecentre network.

The Government of Rwanda’s document, ‘Vision 2020’, sets out plans that will transform the country’s economy from being largely…

The widespread deployment of telecentres in communities, particularly rural communities, is important for the realization of Vision 2020. Rwanda cannot become a knowledge-based economy without a widespread embrace of modern technologies that enable learning and dissemination of knowledge. In…

In 2004, Paul BARERA a 26 years graduate in Management from Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management (KIST) decided to establish a telecentre in Nyamata. Paul’s ambitions were quite different from other graduates in terms of employment in Rwanda. While the majority of fresh graduates choose to search for jobs in the government or private sector, Paul decided to set up a telecentre in Nyamata, a small village located at 30 km from Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.…

Over sixty participants mainly Telecentre managers and other ICT4D stakeholders gathered at La Palisse hotel in Kigali  on December sixteenth for a  2 days workshop . Items on the agenda were potential improvements and the shifting role of telecentres in the development of rural Rwanda, The Thousand Telecentres  project in Rwanda and challenges faced by the Rwanda telecentre movement  . The important topics under discussion and strong participation from all involved combined to make the…