Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:15
A Rwanda vastly innovative attempt by the Rwandan government to take information to the ordinary citizen will see the introduction of ICT buses in the tiny East African country this month. An initiative of the eRwanda Project, the ICT bus will act as a mobile telecentre to help bridge the digital divide affecting the rural population of Rwanda. An ICT bus will be a mobile computer lab that will benefit farmers, traders, students, women, youth groups, entrepreneurs and other rural based Rwandans. According to the eRwanda Project Coordinator Wilson Muyenzi, the ICT Bus will take ICT services to rural communities where there is no electricity. “Each of the buses that are now being assembled in Nairobi will have a file server, personal computers and other ICT services that will seek to take information closer to the ordinary citizen,” he said.
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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.
