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- About Me (biography and organization description)
- UgaBYTES Initiative is a not-for profit telecentre support network, established since 2000. It facilitates telecentres to increase their capacity by sharing knowledge and e-discussions to create an impact to the grassroots development. The organization is also involved building capacities of telecentre practitioners in management and technical aspects and carries out lobby and advocacy roles.
UgaBYTES has become the most influential telecentre support network in the region using online and offline support services.
Mission
To promote rural access to ICT for development through strengthening telecentre community in East and Central Africa.
- Website
- http://www.ugabytes.org
- Phone
- 256414370163
- Street Address
- Ggaba
- City (or closest town or municipality)
- Kampala
- Country
- Uganda
- Region
- Eastern & Southern Africa
- Languages (in order of preference):
- English
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This is an article by me published in Financial Times (page 10) on November 27, 2009.
http://www.ft.lk/epaper/index.php?option=com_blog_calendar&year=2009&month=11&day=27&modid=49
Failed Entities - Lessons for Managers
By Shanta R Yapa
The fin...
A coordination space for people working on the telecentre.org Academy, a global initiative to provide telecentre managers with ongoing training, capacity building, and professional development opportunities.
Alan's bicycle model has relatively lower operating cost in terms of vehicle depreciation and fuel-free operation, as compared to eTrike and eJeep.
The following Philippine mobile telecentre models could basically be the same in terms of cost of services and features (i.e., hardware, software, connectivity):
a. ePushcart (mostly made of wood and human-driven),
b. eTrike (a motorcycle with a ...
Remember u are working in a Hilly Terrain where bicycle transport is generally not done. Just to add here, I am part of a PPP model where we are setting up 30000 centers. Already 14000 are set up and balance to go. Both from offline and Online rev...
The Bank (or a similar facility like for example, TFC Finance Centre) that I am referring to is a facility that will take care of the Financial Management System of the Global Telecentre.org. Such a big network would require judicious management o...
Hello all,
As world leaders prepare to go to Copenhagen for the UN climate change summit, the rest of us can share our thoughts on this most topical issue here. Having watched the devastating effects of climate change via video clips from national...
I agree with you friend that the TCF should not be tied up with conditions or anything that accompanies the contributions of super or regional power, or other leading organizations that constraint us from moving towards our shared goal of solving ...
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This is Savu from Fiji, we are in the process introducing the concept of Telecentre to 3 pilot communities in Suva, Fiji Islands at the moment. One community without power supply and other 2 communities without power supplies. Now, this is a mobile Telecentre with 2 laptops with internet connections and a printer. I am currently use wireless to connect to the internet.
Do you have resources available in terms of linking Telecentre to community issues and development?
With much appreciation
Warm Regards from the Pacific