1. Rwanda Telecentre Network (RTN) to set up 1,000 Teleservice centres

Rwanda Telecentre Network (RTN) has decided to take the lead of eliminating the digital gap and promoting digital opportunities in rural Rwanda by creating 1,000 Teleservice centres by the year 2015. This will be possible by implementing a unique business model that RTN is already familiar with and...

Sunday, 31 January 2010 | 62 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

2. Transforming Telecentres into Knowledge Hubs / AKN Community Baseline Research

The UNECA has been implementing a UN project entitled "knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities" jointly with the United Nations Regional Commissions, with ESCWA as the lead agency, over a period of 36 months starting in 2006. The main goal of the project is to...

Saturday, 30 January 2010 | 55 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

3. AKN changes name to KNACT

The Africa Knowledge Network (AKN) during the last workshop held in Nairobi Kenya last year, built consensus on the need to change the name from AKN to Knowledge Network of African Community Telecentres (KNACT). This was mainly due to the fact that at a glance the name AKN does not depict any...

Friday, 29 January 2010 | 47 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

4. RTCB Strategic Plan 2010-2014: First Planning Workshop

The Network of Burundi Community Telecentre (RTCB) has just begun, with support from CTA, consultations for the drafting of its Strategic Plan 2010-2014. The first workshop to be held from 25 to 27 January 2010 has been launched at the Community Center of Bujumbura. This workshop brought together...

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 | 67 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

5. Rwanda to adopt Public Private Partnership (PPP) model in Telecentre project.

The Public Private Partnerships (PPP) model discussed at the Africa -India dialogue on ICT4D during a study tour to India of Africa delegates in December 2009 organized by CTA (Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation) is being analysed in Rwanda for possible adaptation and adoption....

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 | 142 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more