Developing and sustaining a not-for-profit telecentre

[Robert Ooko]

Dear community,
I have just completed a government sponsored training on starting an ICT centre in a small rural town called Mbita in Kenya.The government will provide the initial set up capital in form of a soft loan.The challenge i will be facing is running the project sustainably to repay the loan, pay salaries and other overheads.My question is how do i cost my products to make them affordable to a community that is poor and may not afford anything apart from their food?What products should i offer?Please advice.

[Mpagi]

developement is a broad term so if you define it as growth will not make the real meaning of developement, so I would like sandra to have a discussion on development and how can telecenters fight poverty in developing countries where almost 80% doesnt know how even what a computer is. thank you

[Mpagi]

dear comrads, I want as also to differeciate btn developement and sustainable development, in establishing telecenters is it sustainable or it is not. thank you

[Sandra Nassali]

Hello Mpagi, many discussions revolving around how telecentres can help fight poverty in developing countries have already been carried out. Actually, i already did conduct a discussion about this. Click here to find it.

Also, i noticed you raised an issue about sustainability; here is a link to a discussion that has been carried out in relation to that.

You can always go through the FORUM section for more info as there are lots and lots of discussions raised; and with good and reliable responses about what you were inquiring about. There you will also find lots of other discussions addressing different issues in relation to ICTs for Development and telecentres

Hope i have answered your questions...

Cheers

[Mpagi]

sandra thank you for answering my questions but not deeply answered soon i wil get back to youl. thank you