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Francis Mwathi Radio Quiz Competition Proves to be a Success at Nakaseke Telecentre

The Radio Quiz Competition is a radio programme which runs on Nakaseke FM. It runs live every Sunday over the community radio (102.9 FM).The radio station is part of Nakaseke Telecentre and because of its relative suitability for rural conditions in relation to other technologies, it has become a significant communication tool for the community covering an estimated radius of 25km. In a rural area with hardly any public telephones or newspapers, announcements are one of the most important forms… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on October 7, 2009 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

Edwin Galiwango At e-learning Africa, Gambia outlines vision for African education

At the just concluded e-learning Africa held in Senegalese, Gambia, the The President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade, has outlined his vision for radical change in African education even as he criticized European governments for restricting access for African students. In a wide ranging and controversial speech at ‘eLearning Africa,’ the continent’s major conference on online education, the 85-year old President said that technology now allowed African students unlimited access to the best universi… Continue

Added by Edwin Galiwango on July 3, 2009 at 2:53am — 3 Comments

Francis Mwathi Microsoft to train 200,000 Ugandan teachers in ICT

All teachers in Uganda will be computer literate in five years’ time thanks to the partnership between the Ministry of Education and Microsoft. Under this partnership, over 200,000 teachers will be equipped with computer skills in a bid to modernize and improve learning using technology in the classroom. This was disclosed by the Minister of Education Namirembe Bitamazire and Microsoft officials during the Uganda National Innovative Education Forum held recently at Hotel Africana in Kampala.… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on April 20, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Christopher Mwangi Digital teaching for colleges

An initiative that will see teaching move from the blackboard to computer and TV screens is being rolled out in 22 teacher training colleges in Kenya. Through the Kenyan Education Ministry, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and DStv project, student-teachers will get specialised training how to use digital satellite technology to support and enhance learning and teaching. The corporate social investment package that was launched last month integrates traditional teachi… Continue

Added by Christopher Mwangi on March 12, 2009 at 3:15am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY: A REVIEW OF MAKERERES UNIVERSITY’S COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACULTY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious Universities in Africa, having been founded in 1922. Over the past one year, the university’s faculty of Computer and technology was involved in a number of projects aimed at empowering the community with computer literacy and awareness. Below are some of them. Mozllla firefox Browser translated Into 'Luganda' Over 300 students gathered at CIT on 7 - 8 August 2008 to translate the Mozilla Firefox browser into Luganda l… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 27, 2009 at 2:35am — 1 Comment

Niranjan Meegammana Alleviating Global Poverty through On-Line Education

Alleviating Global Poverty through On-Line Education Leading Immediately to Skills Valued in New “Remote Services” Markets Michael Strong, CEO & Chief Visionary Officer, FLOW, Inc. “By 2010, we will be talking about [remote services] as the fastest-growing part of the world economy, with many trillions of dollars of new markets created.” Vinod Khosla, Harvard Business Review, September 2002 Introduction: Existing plans to alleviate poverty through education have assumed we will need m… Continue

Added by Niranjan Meegammana on February 15, 2009 at 4:40pm — No Comments

Ananya S Guha Community Facilitators

I am looking at telecentres and their functionality not only for computer literacy but also as viable study centres for educational needs. They could be termed as knowledge or resource centres. It is here I think that community facilitators could play a significant and meaningful role as counsellors. Such a model will help to augment activities such as teacher training, literacy, carreer counselling, and even inparting awareness programmes on a short term basis such as awareness on health relate… Continue

Added by Ananya S Guha on February 15, 2009 at 2:54am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi WEEKLY NEWS ROUND UP-AFRICA

Africa is poorest in internet access 8th February 2009 Africa still has the lowest internet access in the world according to a study commissioned by Ernst & Young. The study was dubbed "Africa Connected: Telecommunication growth story." The report noted that many people in Africa are living in rural areas, where there is no access to the internet due to cost among others. It said that the penetration rate in Africa is at 5.4%. This AfricaNews reporter said it is a source of wo… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on February 13, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Ananya S Guha Telecentres As Community Centres

Today the world is a community. It is a global community. It has shrunk in size, due to technological interventions and interfaces. Yet at the micro level, communities exist in anguish. Communities which would like to be literate, communities which would like to interact with the larger conglomerate. And communities which would earnestly desire an advancement of economic status. The very concept of the telecentre is an advocate of the above. Yet such advocacy is not enough in letter and spirit.… Continue

Added by Ananya S Guha on February 12, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

Christopher Mwangi Nomadic Schools Soon Available to Senegalese Students

What if mobile phones were to become genuine teaching tools for young people? Could there be life after downloading ringtones? That is the credo of Philippe Steger, the creator of WapEduc. A teacher prior to setting up his own business, he is convinced that mobile phones can become personal assistants for students. “I can learn where and when I want to” is the leitmotif of WapEduc. Philippe Steger was interviewed by E-Learning Africa about this upcoming development in Senegal. To read the whole… Continue

Added by Christopher Mwangi on February 12, 2009 at 4:03am — 1 Comment

Cleopa Timon Otieno Unlimited potential

Sadiki is a promising example of someone seizing opportunities to improve his own life. Sadiki relocated to Kenya from Tanzania. Having little exposure to computers, and fluent in Kiswahili but speaking little English, he was able to successfully complete computer training thanks to a grant from Microsoft® Unlimited Potential. This knowledge opened other doors; he then enrolled in t… Continue

Added by Cleopa Timon Otieno on February 9, 2009 at 6:00am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi Weekly News Round Up - Africa

Makerere University IT centre to link 100 varsities 29th January 2009 Kampala- Makerere University has opened a computing and information technology centre to develop local computer software. The 12,000sq metre complex valued at over $20m is expected to connect over 100 universities in 13 African countries with India in e-education. It is part of the Faculty of Computing and Information Communication Technology (ICT). The ICT minister, Dr. Ham Mulira, represented President Yoweri… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 30, 2009 at 6:49am — No Comments

Moses Owiny USAID, Microsoft Work to Improve Education in Uganda

The United States is working with Microsoft to improve education management with computer technology. The U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, will provide $2 million to purchase equipment for the project. Microsoft will design software that will help gather data in the education ministry. The alliance is expected to provide educators and students with online resources. Uganda introduced free primary education for all children 10 years ago, opening doors for millions who would have… Continue

Added by Moses Owiny on January 20, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Opot Beneah Culture fails to dent a 62 year old's desire to learn computers

This story has been adopted from Rebecca Wanjiku's blog on Computer World Kenya Website. www.computerworld.co.ke Paul was 62 when he enrolled for computer training at the local church. He was the only student aged over 30. The story of the 62 year old computer student made the village laugh. Laugh because computer lessons are considered to belong to the younger generation. Two months after training, Paul… Continue

Added by Opot Beneah on January 20, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

KHRIZ PRESS RELEASE: 16th January 09: “Filipino youth launch mobile telecenter to help educate disadvantaged youth learn IT skills in urban Manila”

In the urban regions of Manila's metropolis, five young Filipinos have built the country's first mobile, self-contained, wireless telecentre. The students are all graduates of the Philippines 1st telecenter, GLOW, which launched in 2000. They have designed a new and innovative approach of delivering ICT learning combined with a sustainable business model, to communities that typically have no access to the internet and IT training services. MobileTelecenters.com takes internet and telecommunica… Continue

Added by KHRIZ on January 18, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

ShaarawyAbdElbaky http://ohnetwork.ning.com/

Vision and objective Ofok is dedicated to bring IT literacy to as many people as possible. We are therefore offering basic IT courses from well-known companies such as Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems completely free. That’s right! Students will be taught by an instructor for free, and gain access to the online curriculum for free. Additionally, there will be a discount for exams… And anyone can partake in this endeavor! How it works Universities and high schools who wish to partake in this i… Continue

Added by ShaarawyAbdElbaky on January 11, 2009 at 6:42am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi News Round-Up Africa

Meeting Computer Requirements 6 January 2009 Accra-The world increasingly has become a global village, as a result of the impact of Information Technology (IT) and Science development, indicative of the fact that truly we are in an information age. Ghana cannot afford to be left behind in this great endeavor as most economies of the world are shifting from depending on traditional sources of income towards intellectual resources.Blessed with abundant natural and human resources, we have… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on January 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Fousseyni SANOGO surrender of certificate

On the sidelines of the activities of exchange visits taking place at the Community Learning Information Center (CLIC), Mr. Levy Dougnon responsible of the CLIC Djenné carried out the delivery of certificates to young students of the training center of Djenné. these students… Continue

Added by Fousseyni SANOGO on December 24, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi Weekly News Round Up- Africa

Tanzanian Tourism Boosted by IBM Volunteer Programs E-Travel Dar es Salaam Produced by collaboration from the Tanzania Association of Tour operators and IBM Corporate Service Corps volunteers, the new www.tatotz.org aims to benefit Tanzanian tourism and visitors alike. Equipped with a new search engine, travellers and tour agencies have the opportunity to identify and contact local operators, which are also rated by website users on a range of criteria. The new website will allo… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on December 19, 2008 at 3:00am — No Comments

Francis Mwathi UN Launches E-Learning Initiative

A new UN e-learning initiative, launched on December 6th in Berlin, will offer developing countries opportunities to draw upon a rich array of training and capacity-building resources. Sixteen UN agencies, meeting at a forum organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during Online Educa Berlin, agreed to establish UNeLearn – a UN-wide network on technology-supported learning to share information and expertise, and to collaborate on the sustained deployment of e-learning. The… Continue

Added by Francis Mwathi on December 18, 2008 at 5:22am — No Comments

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