Perspectives

All-inclusive education

Increased investment in education is essential to give everyone equal access to education, whether they live in a rural area or in the capital city. The only way to achie...

Q&A

School support systems

GeSCI doesn’t provide individual learners with equipment or training courses, but encourages countries to develop their own systems and institutions. What is the advanta...

Techtip

TechTip: Information management for development

While ICTs are becoming more available to rural communities in ACP countries, the technology is still beyond many individual farmers. However, NGO field staff and extensi...

Editorial

Teaching with technology

Children living in remote areas often have to travel long distances to get to their nearest school. When they get there, classrooms can be crowded and facilities outdated....

EXPLORE ICT update

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware

Web 2.0 for low bandwidth..

What’s the difference between web 2.0 and the web as we previously knew it? Fundamentally, the technology underlying both is the same, web 2.0 just has a few e.....

Clean up campaign..

Tackling e-waste. Steps are already being taken in Trinidad and Tobago to make sure discarded computers don’t end up in landfill sites and become and environment......

The complete package..

Computers for Schools Kenya does more than just give away old computers. For them training, education, partnerships and policy change are just as important. Sinc......

Campaigning against conflict..

Frustrated by the lack of mainstream media attention, international human rights organizations are using the internet to maintain focus on the conflict in Darfur....

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FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 60 - Rural ICT policy

The democracy of technology..

National ICT policies provide guidance on how a country promotes the development of the information and communications sector. Ideally, these policies ensure th.....

Input through data..

Since 2002, the SEND Foundation has been monitoring Ghana’s poverty reduction strategy, and researching whether the country’s poor have been benefitting from th.....

The benefits of better serv.....

Access to telecommunication services can greatly improve economic growth. And this is especially the case in developing countries. According to the World Bank,.....

A network for a new economy..

The Government of Rwanda’s document, ‘Vision 2020’, sets out plans that will transform the country’s economy from being largely dependent on agriculture to conc.....

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