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Issue no. 58
February 2011

Count on cell phones

Mathematics education in South Africa via cell phones and the web
Ready for new developments

Rural schools in Ghana prepare for expanding internet coverage
Lessons out loud

Ghanaian farmers use an audio computer for agricultural information
Digital class notes

Zambian teachers use ICTs to produce locally relevant educational content

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...

EXPLORE ICT update

FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Internet

Making the marketplace mobile..

With internet and SMS TradeNet allows rural farmers to advertise their merchandise to an international market and find the fairest price for their crops....

Hurricanes and Hams..

Jamaican amateur radio operators are serving their communities as extreme weather events – in particular hurricanes – increase in frequency across the Caribbean.......

Satellite solutions..

Getting precise information helps relief organizations to take quick and effective decisions. UNOSAT analyses satellite data to give disaster managers the detail......

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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