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Cuchie Echeverria Online Consultation: 5 days left

It is now only five days to go before we finally wrap up the online consultation on the future of telecentre.org that kicked off on November 12 . In light of the devolution of telecentre.org to the Philippines by end of this year, the consultation is being held to get feedback from the global community on the directions and priorities for the next phase of the program. Five major discussion questions covering different aspects of the program were posted in the… Continue

Added by Cuchie Echeverria on November 25, 2009 at 1:03am — No Comments

Christine Prefontaine eIFL.net opens Call for Proposals to spark innovation in public library services in developing countries

The Public Library Innovation Program aims to spark innovative library services that improve people’s lives through the use of technology. It's specifically designed to promote partnerships — with nonprofits, business, local governments — that create new services. Anyone can apply — providing that the service you propose is developed in partnership with a public library and serves the library community. Awards are up to $30,000 USD. eIFL.net is pleased to announce a Call for Propo… Continue

Added by Christine Prefontaine on November 24, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Diana Jean Muir Construction and Animal Science now ready for enrollment...

Hi all! We now have the following courses ready to be uploaded and open for enrollment. All free of charge, just enroll at http://www.formspring.com/forms/?754746-uTS8xkul7X They are: Carpentry Cabinetry Construction Basics Construction Blueprint Readings Masonry Skills Welding Intro to Animal Science Intro to Veterinary Science Modern Livestock and Poultry Production Thanks all! Let me know if you have any questions. There are… Continue

Added by Diana Jean Muir on November 24, 2009 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Shipra Sharma Issues and Challenges in Digital Inclusion: The Rajasthan Experience Call for Articles, Comments and Insights

Dear Members, DigitalLEARNING (a Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies initiative), in association with UN Solution Exchange ICT, Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative (GeSCI) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), is pleased to announce the launch of e-Rajasthan 2009. We propose to have a series of conferences in diverse regions of India with the objective of focusing and deliberating on regional concerns and chall… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on November 24, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Laia Fauró Gual A video summary of Telecentre-Europe Summit

A video - summary of what happened in Istambul is already available in Telecentre-Europe ning. Please, watch it, it is a really nice compillation about what we lived, and takes less than 4 minutes.
Find more videos like this on telecentre-europe
There are more pictures and documents also ready to download in the… Continue

Added by Laia Fauró Gual on November 23, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Growing Use of Cellphones for Family Planning 19th November 2009 The growth of cellphone use, particularly in the developing world, is providing health experts with a new channel of communication to provide family planning information. "The number of mobile subscribers is increasing at a dramatic rate with the number of global cellphone subscribers in 2006 being estimated at 2.5 billion of an estimated global population of 6.6 billion," says David Cantor, a senior technical manager of ICF… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on November 20, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Shipra Sharma Weekly News Round Up: Asia (12- 18 November, 2009)

Develop innovation culture: Premji 12 November 2009 Wipro chairman Azim Premji said a culture of innovation was what could sustain companies in these competitive times. “Products can be quickly copied. So it’s important to continuously innovate in products, services, customer service . Industry must drive high value solutions through R&D ,” he said. He urged the government to use IT in their endeavours . IT, he said, would significantly improve the government’s productivity, and help… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on November 19, 2009 at 6:40am — No Comments

Shipra Sharma Weekly News Round Up: Asia (12- 18 November, 2009)

Develop innovation culture: Premji 12 November 2009 Wipro chairman Azim Premji said a culture of innovation was what could sustain companies in these competitive times. “Products can be quickly copied. So it’s important to continuously innovate in products, services, customer service . Industry must drive high value solutions through R&D ,” he said. He urged the government to use IT in their endeavours . IT, he said, would significantly improve the government’s productivity, and help… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on November 19, 2009 at 6:40am — No Comments

Tariq Zaman Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics (CoERI), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS, East Malaysia. An Introduction

Introduction.
The Centre of Excellence for Rural Informatics was established in January 2007 and is anchored at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). 1n 1999 UNIMAS launched eBario project in remote community of Bario, Sarawak. By app… Continue

Added by Tariq Zaman on November 18, 2009 at 11:01pm — No Comments

Mahmud Hasan Workshop on Information for people with print disabilities: Daisy for all

Bangladesh Telecentre Network arranged a workshop which objective was to orient different stake holders with Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) on 18th November at BRAC Inn. At inauguration speech by Mr. Mahmud Hasan, Chief Operating Officer of Bangladesh Telecentre Network; th… Continue

Added by Mahmud Hasan on November 18, 2009 at 8:50pm — 1 Comment

Nishantha Sanjeeya Kumara About Our Telecenter & Govisanvidanaya

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Added by Nishantha Sanjeeya Kumara on November 17, 2009 at 8:54am — No Comments

Sandra Nassali World Bank to Invest $215 Million to Boost Internet in Africa

The World Bank says it will spend $215 million to help central African countries provide better quality and more affordable high-speed Internet service. The bank noted that the funds will be used to build a broadband Internet infrastructure in 11 African countries. It is argued that this is to further boost connectivity in central African countries as they currently offer the worst quality and most expensive internet services in the continent. The initial phase of the 10-year program, called… Continue

Added by Sandra Nassali on November 17, 2009 at 3:35am — 4 Comments

Shipra Sharma Weekly News Round Up: Asia (05- 11 November, 2009)

LG India forays into education vertical 5 November 2009 LG Electronics India Private Limited, a market leader in consumer durables and home appliances, on Wednesday, announced its foray into education vertical by offering its innovative technology product line of IT business solutions, besides enhancing the learning process for the schools and colleges in the country... http://tinyurl.com/ycylvtl… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on November 17, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

Shipra Sharma Weekly News Round Up: Asia (05- 11 November, 2009)

LG India forays into education vertical 5 November 2009 LG Electronics India Private Limited, a market leader in consumer durables and home appliances, on Wednesday, announced its foray into education vertical by offering its innovative technology product line of IT business solutions, besides enhancing the learning process for the schools and colleges in the country... http://tinyurl.com/ycylvtl… Continue

Added by Shipra Sharma on November 17, 2009 at 12:40am — No Comments

Cindy Fallsen Technology and Real Estate

I have been thinking about the connection between home sales and technology availability. While the Scottsdale Homes market has been down a bit in recent years, the business sector has been growing. With 4G data networks and IP PBX making its way into the area, businesses ar… Continue

Added by Cindy Fallsen on November 16, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Francis Mwathi International Mobile Money Transfer Services to Exceed $65bn by 2014

With mobile penetration reaching 100 per cent in many developed markets, the mobile phone will soon be in virtually everyone's pocket. Payments and banking are currently major areas of growth in the mobile world and these are set to become even more specialized than they are at the moment. According to a… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on November 16, 2009 at 9:11am — No Comments

Nabil Eid The Vision behind the Dream!

It was three years ago that e-ISOTIS and AbilityNet decided that they should do something in order to make people aware of and celebrate how ICT, products and services were serving the lives of people with disabilities, and the elderly, and highlight how users could exploit these tools. Together, we wished to ma… Continue

Added by Nabil Eid on November 16, 2009 at 5:52am — No Comments

Janet Wilkins Essay Writing Structure!

An essay can have a lot of intentions, but the basic structure of all type of essays will be same. You may be writing an argumentative essay to argue for a particular point of view or to may be doing a persuasive essay to explain the steps necessary to complete a task. Either way, your essay will have the same basic format and structure. An essay consists of three major parts, 1.Introduction 2.Supporting Paragraphs 3.Summary Paragraph In this article we will provide… Continue

Added by Janet Wilkins on November 16, 2009 at 1:43am — 1 Comment

Karim A. Kasim Internet Governance Forum Nov. 15-18, 2009 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

As I walk into the IGF venue in the fine conference center of the city of Sharm El Sheikh, I started to hit some familiar faces of good people who made a difference worldwide and at home in the areas of ICT4D. I was hesitant to come to Sharm EL Sheikh cause I was too tired and have been travelling for a while. Now, I can confirm that I am happy that I didnt follow my body that was asking for rest and followed the mind who was seeking some learning experiences and networking. Some of the world l… Continue

Added by Karim A. Kasim on November 15, 2009 at 10:56am — No Comments

S Gavashkar eASiA2009: ICT Conference & Exhibition - Promo Video

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Added by S Gavashkar on November 15, 2009 at 8:56am — No Comments

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eIFL.net opens Call for Proposals to spark innovation in public library services in developing countries
The Public Library Innovation Program aims to spark innovative library services that improve people’s lives through the use of technology. It's specifically designed to promote partnerships — with nonprofits, business, local governments — that cre...
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Niranjan Meegammana replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 1: What new themes do you think telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) should be working in the future?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
Jimmy Since this is concerned to all of us, I think best is to put this as a proposal to telecentre.org Foundation activities and get more people to endorse it. Then it will become a de-facto Niranjan Meegammana Shilpa Sayura Foundation http://w...
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MUWAYI IDDI replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 1: What new themes do you think telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) should be working in the future?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
This's great view put forward Jimmy
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Here we will hold our online consultation from the 12th till 30th November, 2009. Please do participate and help shape the future of telecentre.org. Follow the discussion via email, by clicking the 'follow' link on the right hand side panel.
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Cuchie Echeverria The response to our on-going online consultation is overwhelming. Thanks to those who have taken the time to put in their 2 cents' worth.
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Niranjan Meegammana replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 5: What are the challenges and priorities for telecentre networks in the next five years? And what role can telecentre.org Foundation play?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
Dear Shipra In Sri Lanka majority (more than 90%) Telecenters belong to government guided Nenasala Network, involved by several private sector players and non-profits in the area of support , M & E and capacity building. There is very limited inte...
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Shipra Sharma replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 5: What are the challenges and priorities for telecentre networks in the next five years? And what role can telecentre.org Foundation play?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
At my country, India's level, I think the telecentre.org Foundation should also focus on the emerging telecentre networks under the Indian Government's Common Service Centre (CSC) programme. The dimensions of this programme have made it compelling...
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Shipra Sharma replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 5: What are the challenges and priorities for telecentre networks in the next five years? And what role can telecentre.org Foundation play?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
Thanks Meddie for informing about this 'Network Management Guide'. This would be an asset for the telecentre community, where networks play a critical role. I hope it will provide solutions to many of the challenges faced by telecentre networks ac...
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Jimmy L. Calata replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 5: What are the challenges and priorities for telecentre networks in the next five years? And what role can telecentre.org Foundation play?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
Mobile Telephony in Rural Areas (Agriculture Sector) Months ago, while traveling back to my rural province from a conference in Manila, I had the chance to talk to a middleman/wholesaler of agricultural products. The long travel gave us an opport...
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Jimmy L. Calata replied to telecentre.org's discussion 'Question 5: What are the challenges and priorities for telecentre networks in the next five years? And what role can telecentre.org Foundation play?' in the group Online Consultation 2009
iCafes and the Philippine CeC Roadmap Vision for 2010 Less than 7% of our people have their own personal computers (PCs), and even less have Internet access. This relatively low percentage is attributed to the low per capita Gross Domestic Produc...
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It is now only five days to go before we finally wrap up the online consultation on the future of telecentre.org that kicked off on November 12 . In light of the devolution of telecentre.org to the Philippines by end of this year, the consultatio...
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