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Agbenyo John Stephen
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WHO?
In the picture are Mr.Victor and Mr.Baba, both wireless experts and Mr. Fatawu, an Engineer who constructed the mast.
What?
Salaga shared wireless connectivity model implementation
Where?
Salaga, the capital of the East Gonja District Assembly…
Congratulations Agbenyo , this Pictures was among the winning photos of the Telecentre.org Photo Contest.
Wow! i feel excited to be in the top 5!
Great album Seuwandi!
In many of IICD’s projects internet connection is often unreliable, too slow and too expensive. An answer to this problem could be a high quality direct satellite connection but for most project partners, the monthly fees for such connections are to…
In many of IICD’s projects internet connection is often unreliable, too slow and too expensive. An answer to this problem could be a high quality direct satellite connection but for most project partners, the monthly fees for such connections are to…
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- Savana Signatures
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- Team Leader
- About Me (biography and organization description)
- My name is Stephen and i am actively involved in cordinating IICD's support for telecentres in Ghana. I work with Community Information Centres / telecentres in Ghana (Salaga, Bimbilla, Damongo and Yendi). These centres are all in the Northern Part of Ghana. I do capacity building and offer business advice hoping that they will all lead to sustainability of these centres.
I work as a Team Leader for Savana Signatures (www.savsign.blogspot.com).
Savana Signatures (SavSign) is a Non-Governmental Organization that has developed keen interest in the empowerment of children and women. This is done mainly through and with the use of Information and Communication Technologies. Realising that the development as a Nation and the North in particular will be much swifter when the development of the minds of the youth and women becomes a fundamental resource, Savana Signatures seeks to groom the youth in this direction.
Savana signatures started in 2005 as Northern Information Network for Schools (NINS) in the Savelugu Nanton District. It was to help bridge the digital divide by training, creating awareness and sharing knowledge on Information and Communication Technology tools. With the growing complexities of human development and the emergence of new technologies, NINS saw the need to expand its scope in terms of operations and activities to cover Northern Ghana, hence, the change in name from NINS to SavSign.
The key philosophy of Savana Signatures is to re-channel the diverse energies of the youth who have acquired knowledge in Information and Communication Technology and are under utilizing and to empower those who lack critical Information and Communication Technology skills required for the development and support of Information and Communication Technology application and systems. To break the cycle of poverty and unleash youth and women potential in creating change for themselves and for society, Savana Signatures will develop a multiple focus on Information and Communication Technology, learning (formal and informal) and entrepreneurial skills development.
Women have been isolated from the mainstream economy for many years now and their lack of access to information has led them to become distant from the global pool of information and knowledge. This distance is reflected in the levels of empowerment and equality of women in comparison to men, and has enormously contributed to the slow pace of development in Northern Ghana.
TARGET GROUPS/BENEFICIARIES
Various NGO’s working in the North have constantly lamented that the youth of the North who frequently visit cafés have gradually turned fraudsters. Savana Signatures, therefore, targets the youth of the North who are either abusing the internet or left totally behind in this digital warfare.
We target the youth because the youth are the stakeholders who can redefine and reshape the sound, political, economic and religious perceptions and realities of the future.
The participation of women and girls in information and communication technology in northern has been a major concern for stakeholders in development. Women and girls are therefore seen as primary target group to help bridge the digital gap between men and women.
- Areas of interest/expertise and types of services provided:
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Youth in Information and Communication Technology
Women in Information and Communication Technology
Career guidance and education
Entrepreneurial Skills development
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- ninsgh@yahoo.co.uk
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- agbedela (skype)
agbedela (yahoo)
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- +2330244421532
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- Box TL 332, Tamale Ghana
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- Tamale, Northern Region, Ghana
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- Ghana
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- Western Africa
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A well known access model
In many of IICD’s projects internet connection is often unreliable, too slow and too expensive. An answer to this problem could be a high quality direct satellite connection but for most project partners, the monthly fees for such connections are too high. The Pay-As-You-Go system used in Ghana could be a solution for these problems.
At the IICD-supported Community Information Centre in Salaga (Ghana) internet vouchers are sold
Pay-As-You-Go is an access model to internet through satellite tha… Continue
At the IICD-supported Community Information Centre in Salaga (Ghana) internet vouchers are sold
Pay-As-You-Go is an access model to internet through satellite tha… Continue
Posted on September 6, 2009 at 7:55am —
E- Waste and Telecentres
Reading through a story written Emmanuel K. Dogbevi on http://ewasteguide.info/e-waste-campaign-gra
has kept me thinking about the future of telecentres and e-waste.
Look at the pictures on the link where Emmanuel wrote his story. What are we going to do about those? There are several computer schools and Internet cafes springing up in Ghana and especially in Tamale where i live and work. This is good news to me because gradually the myth surrounding computers is being broken as people will not… Continue
has kept me thinking about the future of telecentres and e-waste.
Look at the pictures on the link where Emmanuel wrote his story. What are we going to do about those? There are several computer schools and Internet cafes springing up in Ghana and especially in Tamale where i live and work. This is good news to me because gradually the myth surrounding computers is being broken as people will not… Continue
Posted on January 16, 2009 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
The Northern ICT4D Series
The Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing, GINKS (www.ginks.org) A year ago started to build a knowledge sharing community in Tamale in the Northern regional Capital of Ghana. The event is titled the Northern ICT4D Series and takes place on the last Thursday of every month and it is open to the general public.
The theme for the last month's ICT4D Series was “The Benefits of Web 2.0 Technologies in information Dissemination” held at the Institute of Local Government Studies in Tamale.… Continue
The theme for the last month's ICT4D Series was “The Benefits of Web 2.0 Technologies in information Dissemination” held at the Institute of Local Government Studies in Tamale.… Continue
Posted on January 16, 2009 at 8:55am —
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 10:48pm on November 10, 2009,
Community Facilitator said…
- Congratulations Agbenyo!!!!!! You are a winner of telecentre.org Photo Contest 2009
- At 12:47pm on February 4, 2009,
Jacob Baiden Odame said… - Really with you on this. I will think of a concept and communicate it to you soonest.
Have a great day. Thanks there are level headed people like you! I have been visiting your blog. My blog is http://jodame.blogspot.com/. It is not active at all. I am now building the blogging culture. However my twitter is active and I have created a link into the blog:http://twitter.com/peejake
Let;s learn together!
Big Cheers!
- At 11:36am on February 4, 2009,
Jacob Baiden Odame said…
- Yipii! Stephen,
Great hearing from you. You have brilliant ideas. Internet fraud issues actually baffles me too. There are a lot of resources on the internet for students and others to target fraud. Seriously I personally can not spend wrong money and enjoy it and really the youth needs to be sensitized.
Come up with any thought and let's think thru.
- At 5:55am on February 4, 2009,
Jacob Baiden Odame said…
- Hi Stevo!,
I am sorry it's taken time to comment back. Again sorry. I was on leave during the workshop in Salaga and as you know working tirelessly for a year at oneVillage called for me to have a break.I missed out on the event even though I could have come. I have been updated also and have read the report prepared by Kafui.
So how are you doing? What is going on now and what are new plans? I pray that this year creates lots of opportunities in the ICT4D domain in Ghana. There should be some big event soon to quicken the learning process again.
Let's keep talking. I promise that I wont delay in commenting back again. See this Fickr photo blog link on what was happening in Winneba in 2008.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1village/collections/72157603714968802/
Very Best,
Jacob
- At 11:02am on January 29, 2009,
Boateng Ebenezer said… - Hi Stephen,
Thank you very for your Northern ICT4D Series, So you are the same Stephen handly IICD wireless project at salaga,.......?.
- At 1:27pm on January 5, 2009,
Jacob Baiden Odame said…
- Hello Agbenyo, I am glad to find you on this network. I remember the last time was during the wireless network training in Winneba. I coulddn't come to Salaga in August. I have hoever been reading your blogs and I believe we can do a lot of collaboration to make Ghanaian telecentres have a strong voice on telecentre.org.
Best regards
- At 1:14am on December 29, 2008,
Vignesh Sornamohan said… - Dear Agbenyo John Stephen,
Welcome to telecentre.org!
Please take a few moments to read through our Getting Started guide for some important information. You can find the community guide here: http://telecentrecommunity.ning.com/notes/Getting_started
Please upload profile image, as its critical to give face to the community. Feel free to contact me for guidance.
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Vignesh
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