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August 2008 Blog Posts (13)

Digital inclusion agreement for the local entrepreneurs

Medellin Digital and the Cedezo (Local Centers of Entrepreneurship Development) signed an agreement for the installation in the 8 centers, of PCs and wireless Internet. This will help spread the use of ICTs among the entrepreneurs in the different neighborhoods of the city. Together with these new tools, a working plan will guide the entrepreneurs on how to use ICTs. The Digital Alphabetization Plan (PADE in Spanish) has already benefited more than 600 people in Medellin, offering them new… Continue

Added by Medellin Digital on August 30, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Colombia: A small project with big results

In Colombia, as in many countries in Latin America, the telecentre landscape is characterized by the co-existence of different models with little coordination or interaction among them. These include telecentres established by a massive national government program (Compartel), by local government initiatives (Cali, Medellín, Manizales), by private companies (Empresa de teléfonos de Bogotá), and by NGOs and non-profit organizations (Colnodo, Universidad Autónoma del Cauca). Each model has its… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on August 26, 2008 at 11:05pm — No Comments

The Sudan has become UN-ESCWA's 14th member country.

The Sudan has become UN-ESCWA's 14th member country.

The Sudan has recently acceded to the membership of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). The Commission has thus come to include 14 member countries. The accession comes in response to the request of the Sudan and the recommendation of the UN-ESCWA 25th Ministerial Session held in Sana'a, Yemen on 26-29 May 2008. The UN Economic and Social Council approved the request by the Sudan to be admitted to… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on August 25, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

The Diego Echavarría Misas School and its neighborhood have been “contaminated” by the ICTs!

The Diego Echavarría Misas School and its neighborhood have been “contaminated” by the ICTs. When you pass by the school, you immediately see a big sign announcing that the Open Classroom is also open for free to the whole community, from Monday to Saturday, after school hours. Teachers and students are committed to the good use of the Open Classroom. While some students give advice and pay attention to the proper use of the equipment, teachers are giving training courses to some inhabitants of… Continue

Added by Medellin Digital on August 20, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Medellin is everyday getting closer to be the digital city we are all dreaming of

The 5th of August the business creation node Medellin Digital was inaugurated. It will be a specialized unit in the ICT field in the city that will foster new business creation. This program is one action of the Medellin Digital plan to reduce the digital breach, by developing the ICT as a business tool. The node will help entrepreneurs to strengthen their business based in the use of the ICTs, and develop new services to improve the market in the ICT… Continue

Added by Medellin Digital on August 20, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments

Tip on how to stay updated on telecentre.org!

Hi all,

Just a quick note for those that would like to stay in touch with new Forum discussions on the site.

You can sign up to get notified by email when there are new discussions:

* Go to Forum and click on View all. If you scroll to the bottom, you will see "notify me when new discussions are added". If you select this then you will get an email whenever there is a new discussion (like a listserv).

* Now, when someone adds a new discussion, you get… Continue

Added by Marcia Chandra on August 19, 2008 at 5:11am — No Comments

Solar-powered Wi-Fi a gift to Senegal

By day, Bruce Baikie works at Sun Microsystems as an engineer specializing in telecommunications.

On nights and weekends, however, he has a side job - a small company that he started called Green Wi-Fi, where all the employees, including himself, are volunteers.

They work to bring the Internet to schoolchildren in small, remote villages around the world - children who don't always attend school and who live with intermittent or no electricity and who may have never seen a… Continue

Added by SESSOU Leonce on August 19, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

Telecentre curbs HIV/AIDS stigmatisation in Uganda

Support on Aids and Life through Telephone helpline (SALT) is a centre through which People Living With HIV/Aids (PLHAs) are counseled and guided online.

The telecentre that was formed in 2003 by Uganda Aids Commission under the National Forum for PLHAs Networks in Uganda (NAFOPHANU) caters for PLHAs under stigmatization, as well as those that are too sick and therefore cannot reach health centres.

Samuel James Kibanga, National Coordinator, NAFOPHANU in an interview said… Continue

Added by Betty Iyamuremye on August 13, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Internal launch now includes partners

It has been two weeks since we've launched this English community website to our staff and Community Facilitators. We are now inviting a few partners to help us test the site before we officially launch!

Reminder: Migrate!

We cannot automatically migrate content to the new site. We've developed a… Continue

Added by telecentre.org on August 9, 2008 at 6:00am — 3 Comments

Bytes for Development Award competitions on

Following its inauguration in June 2008 at the 5th EATLF in Sudan, the Bytes for Development Award (B4DAward) has attracted telecentre practitioners from the East, Central and Southern Africa.

The award is managed by UgaBYTES in partnership with telecentre.org and East African Telecentre National Networks including KenTel, TTN, BCTN, and RTN. It aims to stimulate and strengthen online telecentre community to progressively improve the telecentre body of knowledge in… Continue

Added by Betty Iyamuremye on August 7, 2008 at 12:30am — No Comments

New APC series on equitable access

Thought many of our readers would be interested about the following. Interesting to see how telecentre is being considered as a source of equitable access. It covers issues such as, themes of business models, policy and regulation, tools and technologies and people, networks and capabilities. Happy reading!

Partha

New APC series on equitable access*

Equitable access is about addressing social and economic imbalances when developing policy and rolling out… Continue

Added by Partha Sarker on August 6, 2008 at 9:44am — No Comments

The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards.

The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards. Three winners throught three development projects from Syria,Egypt and Sudan, leaders of Telecentre in MENA.Syira - Reefnet Project, has been chosen as the winner of the:Best Government Initiative of the year’ in the Telecentre category – eINDIA2008 Awards.

Breif about Reefnet Project.

Reefnet project, Strategic ICT program for social and economic development, which is a cooperation program between the… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on August 6, 2008 at 2:30am — No Comments

To access the new technologies is not a matter of age

Maria Isabel Rodriguez is a 57 years old women living in Medellin. For 2 years she has been using the ICTs in daily life. She realized that she needed to learn more about these new technologies to improve her business, and also to learn about all the city´s programs. Nowadays, she does all her accounting on her computer, checks e-mails and even chats with her younger brothers.

Maria Isabel also won the Seed Capital Contest in Medellin, which helped her to start her own business. She… Continue

Added by Medellin Digital on August 6, 2008 at 1:30am — No Comments