This weekend our friends at World Vision launched a new initiative to provide technology and training to students and teachers in Africa. Called Spark a Child’s Digital Future, this program will enable primary schools with ICT resources and the required training and support for a sustainable program.

Intel, Microsoft…

Last week, Microsoft announced a new investment of $250 million in its Partners In Learning Project to equip teachers with the skills to teach IT and other technology-related subjects worldwide. Now the…

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Ghana’s government says it is committed to providing ICT skills to people with disabilities to enable them contribute to national development. 

President John Dramani Mahama said under the senior high school computerization project, some of the graduates would be integrated into the mainstream as ICT instructors or trainers while…

Source: CNN

Mobile phones have become an essential part of our everyday life. Through a special month-long series, "Our Mobile Society," we examine how phones and tablets are…

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Microsoft has launched its new operating system, Windows 8, in the Kenyan market, promising application developers a new platform for producing innovative products.

Windows 8 has so far enjoyed a positive reception in the international market, particularly for being the first Windows OS to have…

The November 15th webinar attracted a great number of attendants, an indication that it was an area of interest to many especially telecentres around the world who are doing great work with undeserved communities but luck funding. The new trends on resource mobilization has shifted the focus and direction of…

The Malawi Government is spearheading Malawi ICT week with an event in Lilongwe, which started November 12, 2012 and will finish on November 18, 2012 and has drawn participants from Zimbabwe, Kenya, India and South Africa, among others.

The event, which among other things, will include free ICT lessons, career talks, youth competition and exhibitions…

The Rwanda Education Board has revealed that 17,000 computers have been distributed in secondary schools across the country.

The distribution of computers followed one year after the establishment of Rwanda Education Board (REB).

More than 49 schools have already acquired internet connection.

Though different achievements were made…

The Rwanda Education Board has revealed that 17,000 computers have been distributed in secondary schools across the country.

The distribution of computers followed one year after the establishment of Rwanda Education Board (REB).

More than 49 schools have already acquired internet connection.

Though different achievements were made…

Southern Africa Telecentre Network has released its June and September newsletters detailing the development of various  ICT initiatives in Southern Africa region. Among the stories include the establishment of 193 telecentres by Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) each in every constituency. 

MACRA Board Chairperson Ted Nandolo…

A total of thirty thousand youth have been selected to undergo a six month intensive training in Information Communication and Technology (ICT) under the expanded ICT Module of the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).

The beneficiary youth are drawn from all ten regions across the country. The training is a collaboration between NYEP and…

Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mr Hany Mahmoud delivered today certificates for 200 State personnel, from 11 ministries, who completed the program of increasing production efficiency.



Meeting with them at the premises of MCIT in Smart Village, Mr Mahmoud handed over these certificates for State employees and to…

They may have to share a PCs with up to four others at a time, but students from Gunda secondary school in Iramba District in Singida region say they are enjoying a world of new information and services, including reading books on internet, after being equipped with computers from Friends Family Community Connection (FFCC) from the USA.

The…

October 18^th marked yet another captivating topic on the TIS Talks series under the topic “Telecentre’s role in e-health solutions”.  Karen Pak Oppenheimer, Vice President of World Health Partners (WHP), delivered a great presentation on…

ITU is currently holing the Telcom World 2012 and is into day three today, the event promises a five days, one event, one opportunity to grow knowledge of the transformation of ICT - and of the opportunities and dangers it brings to the world we live in. It also explores the radical transformation of the ICT industry and the implications for policy, regulation and competitive strategy. This transformation is driven by game changers, the trends and technologies revolutionizing the…

New figures released today by ITU show that information and communication technology (ICT) uptake continues to grow worldwide, spurred by a steady fall in the price of telephone and broadband Internet services.

The new data, released in ITU’s flagship annual reportMeasuring the…