May 31, 2011. Telecentre.org Foundation and the Department of Communication of the Republic Government of South Africa, in supporting its e-Skills Institute, have agreed to collaborate to strengthen and expand e-skills development across South Africa and the African Continent, which includes the introduction of Telecentre.org Academy courses to develop the capacity of South Africa's telecentre stakeholders. The Agreement is also expected to signify the participation of South Africa…

Over 40 policy- and decision-makers from information and communication technology (ICT) agencies, telecommunications regulatory agencies, academe, and the private sector gathered at the TOT Academy in Bangkok last May 23-25 for a “Sustainability and Telecentres” training workshop…

D.Net and Citibank NA have launched the first round of the second 'Citi Financial IT Case Competition' (CFICC) on 28May, 2011 at IDB Building, Dhaka. Citi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Citi, and D.Net (Development Research Network) are supporting the competition.…

Telecentre.org Foundation is pleased to announce that they have successfully launched a new cooperate website and is now available at www.telecentre.org . The newly designed interface is a great addition to communication activities which makes the Telecentre.org activities and…

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The sustainability concern reigns supreme in the telecentre domain. It has become so important that in the telecentre context, Bill Gates’ statement, ‘Content is King’ can be slightly modified as ‘Sustainability is King’. If telecentres are not sustainable and are not capable of enduring themselves over a period of time, then everything right from developing local content and locally relevant services to implementing eGovernance at the grassroots level becomes redundant and they also strike…

Dar es Salaam -The second leg of the long-awaited 2011 Technology in Government Awards (TIGA) in the 'ICT in Education' category were celebrated at a high-profile event and ceremony, Friday morning. Over 1,400 participants from about 80 countries are attending the eLearning Africa, 6th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, at the Mlimani…

Source: YPARD

From 6 June to 12 August 2011,

Organized by e-Agriculture and YPARD

CONTEXT

Did you know that the International Year of Youth is underway?

The United Nations International Year of Youth runs from August 2010 until August 2011,…

After spending its initial five years with the Commission on ICT (CICT), the eSkwela project is now officially one of the programs of the country's Department of Education. 

Recognized…

MADA – Building a Better world for People with Disabilities in QATAR

The center is important initiative in building a digital community for persons with disabilities in Qatar and MENA region.

The role of information and communication technology in collaboration with the Supreme Council of…

do you know what telecentre.org ??…

moMEALS processes started with pondering the issue of hunger and poverty – MDG No.1. Realities of rural people were explored, as a starting point. The feelings of food vendors visited. And the…

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 2011 forum was held 16 – 20 May 2011 in ILO building in Geneva. It is an annual forum organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNCTAD, and UNDP. More than 1150 delegates from 150 countries including 20 ministers, 80 parliament members, more than 30 UN agencies and high level…

Bangladesh is very poor and developing country.She has large number of population and maximum of  them live in village area. This huge number of population need a proper communication system and advanced knowledge about information technology to develop their skill.Under this circumstance ,government of Bangladesh established Union Information and Service Center.

There are 4501 Union Information And Service Center in different remote area of Bangladesh .Union Information And Service…

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…

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CTA supports innovative telecentres services to enhance agricultural and rural development in the Caribbean…

Source: eLearning Africa.

Anyone involved in eLearning will be familiar with the challenge: A new technology is introduced into a school accompanied by a lot of…

Source: eLearning Africa

Microsoft has been involved in eLearning and ICT for development in Africa in a variety of ways for many years, be it in ‘Training the trainer’ workshops for teachers, in eGovernment initiatives or…