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The literature review of ‘global impact study’ updated with some key findings
As the Global Impact Study gets under way, a review of previous literature has been an ongoing priority to systematically collect and evaluate what we already know in the field of public access to ICT impact evaluation and practices. As a working document, the literature review has recently been updated on the project website. The Global Impact Study of Public Access to ICT (or Global Impact Study in short) housed under the research pillar at telecentre.org, is aimed to study the impact of public access to ICT in various thematic sectors such as education, health, employment, civic engagement and cultural preservation etc. Read more..'telecentre.org' English team concluded its first blog contest
telecentre.org would like to present the following blogs as the top entries of the recently concluded fist edition of the telecentre.org blog contest. We would like to thank all members of the English site of telecentre.org who entered their blogs for the contest. We would also like to thank our panel of judges that were drawn from all parts of the world for agreeing to participate in the evaluation of the submitted blogs. Read more....Forum
Social Sustainability vs. Financial sustainability, which one is appropriate for telecentre initiatives? 5 Replies
Started by Fatema Begum Labony in Telecentre Issues: Sustainability, Research, Networks. Last reply by Seuwandi Yapa Jul 7.
A billion trees campaign by the UN 1 Reply
Started by Owino Fredrick in Telecentre Issues: Sustainability, Research, Networks. Last reply by Francis Mwathi 13 hours ago.
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Infomediaries (Telecentre worker) should be a good communicator for the success of a Telecentre!!
Infomediaries (Telecentre worker) should be a good communicator as they are the vital part of a telecentre. Their communication skill can make a telecentre initiatives successful. Infomediary should have clear idea about an issue before providing information to the community people. They… Continue
Posted by Fatema Begum Labony on July 9, 2009 at 7:00am
MTN introduces GoogleSMS
In it’s bid to increase information accessibility to its customers, MTN {largest mobile operator in Africa and the Middle East} has introduced a smarter way of accessing information on their mobile phones. With GoogleSMS, all a client has to do is to send an SMS on any idea and get an instant answer.
For instance, if one wants to buy or sell something, get news updates {both local and international}, advice on sexual and reproductive health, agriculture and farming tips and many others, all the… Continue
For instance, if one wants to buy or sell something, get news updates {both local and international}, advice on sexual and reproductive health, agriculture and farming tips and many others, all the… Continue
Posted by Sandra Nassali on July 9, 2009 at 7:30am
The majority of public sector employees do not know about environmentally friendly ICT policies Huh!!
The UK (And I think all governments should find out) government set out its target within the Greening ICT Strategy, which calls for government IT to be carbon neutral by 2012, with office carbon emissions down 11.5% by 2011.
The report, The Path to Green Government, was produced by Global Action Plan and commissioned by Cisco. It found that 60% of respondents to the questionnaire were not aware of the government’s strategy, with 41% of national government respondents not even being aware of th… Continue
The report, The Path to Green Government, was produced by Global Action Plan and commissioned by Cisco. It found that 60% of respondents to the questionnaire were not aware of the government’s strategy, with 41% of national government respondents not even being aware of th… Continue
Posted by Owino Fredrick on July 9, 2009 at 3:30am
SEACOM sercive date postponed to 23rd July 2009
The increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, both in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, necessitated a change in SEACOM’s cable installation plans which resulted in a delay in the ready for service date from 27 June 2009 to 23 July 2009. The planned route required the ship to transit an area of increased pirate activity where other ships had been attacked or seized.
The cable deployment in the troublesome waters has since been completed and splicing to connect the secti… Continue
The cable deployment in the troublesome waters has since been completed and splicing to connect the secti… Continue
Posted by Sandra Nassali on July 8, 2009 at 7:00am — 2 Comments
eINDIA Awards 2009: Saluting the people who went against the convention
eINDIA Awards (http://www.eindia.net.in/awards/2009/) aim to honour the distinguished professionals and institutions working in the domains of e-Agriculture, e-Governance, Digital Learning, eHealth, Telecentre, and Municipal Information Technology (IT). The eINDIA Awards aim to recognise exemplary and innovative projects which demonstrate the use and application of information and communication technology (ICT) that have transfo… Continue
Posted by Sabyasachi Kashyap on July 8, 2009 at 12:30am
From telecentre.org Research
Updated Literature Review on Impact of Public Access to ICT
ABSTRACT Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are widely acknowledged as important resources for socio-economic development. Due to resource constraints, shared access forms the dominant mode of access to these technologies in most developing countries. Governments, non-governmental institutions and business entrepreneurs have invested significant amounts of human and financial resources in public libraries, telecenters, internet cafés and [...]New Paper: Compendium on Impact Assessment for ICT-for-Development Projects
Now available online: “Compendium on Impact Assessment of ICT-for-Development Projects” by Richard Heeks and Alemayehu Molla (2009). The compendium assists readers with choosing and applying ICT4D impact assessment methods. It includes (1) an overview of ICT4D impact assessment and frameworks, (2) a discussion on each of eleven impact assessment frameworks, and (3) a bibliography summarizing 150 [...]The Public Access Study first findings from telecentre.org
telecentre.org (in partnership with CIS) recently published an article about the first findings in the global project studying the impact of public access to ICTs. (Follow this link to see the full article) telecentre.org is closely collaborating with the Center for Information & Society (CIS) at the University of Washington (UW) in managing a large global [...]Second Global Workshop Convenes in Chile, October 25-29, 2008
The second global workshop for the Global Impact Study was held in Valparaiso, Chile from October 25-29, 2008. Present at the workshop were the Research Working Group, Country Research Team members, and representatives from CIS and IDRC. The primary output of the workshop was a shortlist of areas for in-depth studies to undertake at the beginning [...]Literature Review Finds Limited Findings on Impact of Public Access to ICTs
Objective To review what type of research has been done on public access to ICTs, including issues investigated, methods used, main findings, and gaps in the literature. This document summarizes our preliminary findings. Description This review is based on approximately 80 journal articles and reports on public access to ICTs. It focuses mainly on electronically accessible research articles [...]News & Blogs from External Sources
Bermuda: PATI On The Cards
The Bermudian Premier has announced that Public Access To Information legislation “will be one of the first topics on the parliamentary schedule in November” - Vexed Bermoothes thinks that “the complete law must be exposed to the public in an advance consultation, and advice solicited from outside experts in freedom of information.”Africa: Africans to text Obama during his Ghana trip
Erik discusses Obama's new media strategies for his trip to Ghana: We’re launching an SMS platform to allow citizens to submit questions, comments and words of welcome (in English and in French) . Using a local SMS short code in Ghana (1731) , Nigeria (32969) , South Africa (31958) and Kenya (5683), as well as [...]Japan: Personal Donations to Politicians
With “Love Japan“, Rakuten Inc. has enabled personal donations to politicians via credit card, a first in Japan. Hit Okano [ja] ponders about the relationship between the amount of donated money and its influence on politicians, while blogger Satotaku [ja] refers to U.S. President Obama's success with online contributions and expects other services to [...]Quick Links
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Hi Sandra thanks for your comment.hope we can work together for the future of tele centres in sri lanka. ANIL
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Infomediaries (Telecentre worker) should be a good communicator as they are the vital part of a telecentre. Their communication skill can make a telecentre initiatives successful. Infomediary should have clear idea about an issue before providin...
In it’s bid to increase information accessibility to its customers, MTN {largest mobile operator in Africa and the Middle East} has introduced a smarter way of accessing information on their mobile phones. With GoogleSMS, all a client has to do is...
In it’s bid to increase information accessibility to its customers, MTN {largest mobile operator in Africa and the Middle East} has introduced a smarter way of accessing information on their mobile phones. With GoogleSMS, all a client has to do is...
Infomediaries (Telecentre worker) should be a good communicator as they are the vital part of a telecentre. Their communication skill can make a telecentre initiatives successful. Infomediary should have clear idea about an issue before providin...
Thanks Fredrick for bringing this campaign to our attention. I hope to register soon.
hi frendick. how is. have seen i work aroung waiyaki way. wapi
August 7, 2009 to August 8, 2009
The East African Region is on the brink of access to plentiful, low-cost broadband. News of the undersea cable-laying progress reaches us on a daily basis. The arrival of this dramatically increased capacity will change the way that East Africans ...
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Hi Francis.That is an area that should concern us more,particularly environmental activist.How do we craft Green ICT policies to ensure environment conservation? Thats the challenge that is facing humanity now and we should strive to address it be...
E-Waste: Dark Side of Digital Age
These days, it's often cheaper and more convenient to buy a new PC than to upgrade an old one. But what happens to those old computers once they've been abandoned for newer models?
The refuse from discarded ele...
@Sandra: Thank you for your comment. Yes we shall take it from here & I have to write the next blog...
@MeganP: Ummm... thank you. But, sorry I don't really get it.
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The UK (And I think all governments should find out) government set out its target within the Greening ICT Strategy, which calls for government IT to be carbon neutral by 2012, with office carbon emissions down 11.5% by 2011.
The report, The Path...
When we discuss about sustainability of telecentres we often discuss about financial sustainability. Drive for financial sustainability sometimes creates obstacle to provide quality information service. What is your opinion regards this issue?
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Hello people.As an advocate of green world,I humbly submit my request to you guys to join UNEP (based in Nairobi,by the way) in their lofty exhortation to the inhabitants of the earth to plant a billion trees!!! For more information,you can follow...
Good go at that Fredrick!! :-)..most of us too are eagerly waiting for the hands on bandwidths given our very poor internet connections at hand. Not only are individuals and companies going to benefit from this, but also Community Based Organizati...
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