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Sustainability of Telecentres
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Niranjan Meegammana Jan 15, 2009.
The Role of a Telecom Operator in Poverty Alleviation (-in Sri Lanka)
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Roger Walker Sep 23, 2009.
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Sameera Wijerathna posted a blog postAnother Great Opportunity to join Dialog's ICT for Development Team (Sri Lanka)
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Another Great Opportunity to join Dialog's ICT for Development Team (Sri Lanka)
Sameera Wijerathna posted a blog postIndian Aakash Tablet PC vs OLPC
Sameera Wijerathna replied to Seuwandi Yapa's discussion Flavor of the month of OCTOBER- Telecentres for Emergency/Disaster CoordinationSameera Wijerathna replied to Seuwandi Yapa's discussion Flavor of the month of OCTOBER- Telecentres for Emergency/Disaster CoordinationSameera Wijerathna added a discussion to the group Job Opportunities
Two Great Opportunities to join Dialog’s ICT4D Team (Sri Lanka)
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- Currently following my Masters Degree on Development Studies at University of Colombo Sri Lanka. I completed my first Degree on Information Technology (IT) at University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka and decided to do my Masters Degree on Development Studies due to my passion on Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D).
Currently working at Dialog Telekom in Sri Lankan and driving key ICT4D initiatives.
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Another Great Opportunity to join Dialog's ICT for Development Team (Sri Lanka)
Hi All
Please share this with people you know who would be interested to join.
We are looking for creative, talented and pro-active individual who is genuinely interested in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) field.
Position: full-time/contract
Area of work: e-Development
Education: Diploma holder/Undergraduate in ICT, e-commerce, development studies, business development, management, marketing, or any such relevant…
ContinuePosted on November 25, 2011 at 9:18pm
Indian Aakash Tablet PC vs OLPC
Early this month India launched touch-screen tablet PC, which is known as “Aakash”. That is priced at just $35 compared to its counterpart OLPC which was originally priced at $100 and then increased to $180 - $200 later. The Aakash has been developed by UK-based company DataWind and…
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 4:03pm
ICT4D – D for Dog
Even though it sounds funny, the negligence of the primary stakeholders or the beneficiaries has been a key factor for the failures of the Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Projects.
Giving wrong tool for the right people as well as right tool for wrong people…
ContinuePosted on March 11, 2011 at 11:46am
New Businesses for the Sustainability of Telecentres
“My farther read the news paper online, now he does not want to buy the papers” – some anecdotes tries to prove that Telecentres are fully integrated with rural societies and they depend on the Telecentres for various services.
In fact, if a person in rural Sri Lanka tries to read a news paper on line, he has to pay at least $ 0.5 whereas he can buy the new paper for around $ 0.25. It may be worth for a busy executive to read the… Continue
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment
ICT4D Truth
Following are some instances of fake ICT4D projects;
ICT4D projects to gain Political Mileage
ICT4D projects to get mere publicity
Projects just targeting Awards not real results
Projects to just… Continue
Posted on April 23, 2010 at 9:36pm
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 4:58pm on January 18, 2010,
CLC said… - Dear Sameera,
Hope you have received my message.
Best regards
- At 1:58pm on October 15, 2009,
Seuwandi Yapa said… - Dear Sameera,
Greetings fro telecentre.org!!!!!
Hope you have received the message that I sent to u.
Best :)))
Seuwandi
- At 11:44am on July 17, 2009,
Nilupul Dananjaya said… - hi
- At 1:21pm on June 16, 2009,
Mohammad Khairul Alam said…
- At 2:25pm on May 20, 2009,
gunadasa rathnayaka said… - my dear Sammra;
yes I agree with you all;but I would like to add some more our theme is to connct the village with the globel knowledge.we can receive the most recent news.my opinion is to use ICT for the development of the village and villagers by doing that all the villagers will be able to get the maximum use of the telecentre
thank
with kind regards
Gunadasa rathnayaka
- At 12:37am on May 16, 2009,
ruwan peiris said… - hi..... nice to meet you.... we will be able to share our idea in the future.....
thank you.
- At 10:33pm on May 14, 2009,
Lisa Simpkins said… - Hi Sameera,
It is nice meeting you and I look forward to networking with you.Do stay in touch and have a great day.
Lisa
- At 9:57am on May 14, 2009,
Alexander G. Flor said… - Nice to see you too, Sameera. I've arranged for your guest user name and password for the eExtension course site in myportal.upou.net. Please expect it from Dr. Bandalaria soon.
- At 11:50am on January 8, 2009,
Wangchuk Chungyalpa said… - Hi Sameera,
Let us network...
Cheers !
- At 3:18pm on January 7, 2009,
Nabil Eid said… - Dear Sameera many thanks for joininig group TC-MENA
We hope to share us with contribution in this group your post will be very helpful for TC-MENA members .
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