Latest TelecentresAfrica News

Young Innovators Competition at ITU Telecom World 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:23:14 GMT

This is an opportunity for young professionals to shine a global ICT spotlight on their innovative ideas and digital creativity.

Enter the Young Innovators Competition at ITU Telecom World 2012 (in Dubai, 14-18 October 2012) to show the world how your fresh thinking and talent for technology can provide real-world solutions

Launch of the 2012 - 2013 Africa-wide Women and Young Professionals in Science competitions

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:45:43 GMT

Call for Abstracts: ´Feeding 1 billion in Africa in a changing world´. Deadline: 14 May 2012.

The CTA/ FARA/IFS/ ANAFE/ RUFORUM consortium, in collaboration with AGRA and NPCA, is pleased to announce the launch of its 2012-2013 Africa-wide women and young professionals in science competitions. With a population of approximately 1.03

Train the Most Women to Become Digitally Literate and win 15,000 Swiss Francs worth of ICTequipment

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:41:40 GMT

Telecentre Women Digital Literacy Campaign Contest: Help us achieve the goal of training 1 million women by the year-end 2012!

Calling all partners! Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are hosting a contest (“Contest”) to award ICT equipment to the telecentre that trains the most number of women

ICT Update magazine is looking for articles for our forthcoming issue on Teleservices.

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:47:15 GMT

We would like to hear from anyone developing technology services telecentres, ICT training facilities, cell phone services to bring information, particularly agricultural information, to rural parts of African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.

If you are involved in providing such services

A knowledge economy begins at the grass roots

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:15:29 GMT

By Therese Burke, CTA; Koda Traoré, CTA

The telecentre movement is nothing new. As an effective service for improving the livelihoods of rural communities, it is a model which exists the world over. Picture a telecentre in Africa, and the image of

Chamulimba Community Digital Divide Telecentre - CCDDT -

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:28:16 GMT

by Dean Mulozi

Telecenter, a tool at the service of community development Telecentres are facilities offering public access to the telephone, the internet or to a wide range of other Information and Communication Technology tools and services. They have various names, including “Community Access Points” (CAP), cybercentres, cybercafés, multimedia centers. They

Zambian Government underscores the role of telecentres in agriculture services delivery

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:15:13 GMT

by Dean Mulozi

The ICT Media Forum (The role of ICTs and Telecentre in Agricultural Development) wrapped up in Lusaka amid enthusiasm among journalists. The facilitators and delegates interacted to provide knowledge and insights on practical issues related to roles of the media in ICTs and agricultural making the event a

Telecentres and Internet Governance, Lessons Learned from the Inaugural Southern Africa IGF

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:03:54 GMT

by Simon Wandila

“In this new environment, the danger of the gap between the rich and poor in Africa is growing wider and more seriously than ever and threatens the economic prosperity, social stability, and very survival of democracy. Measures are needed to give all citizens the opportunity to acquire knowledge,

Regional Media Forum (Lusaka, Zambia) : The Role of ICTs in Agriculture Development

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:10:01 GMT

THE EVENT - The Role of ICTs in Agriculture Development (Regional Media Forum)

Special focus on community telecentres (Southern Africa), takes place on 13th October, 2011, at Cresta View Hotel, Lusaka Zambia. The event will be hosted by SATNET and PANOS. Below

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Zambian farmers to use SMsize Internet based platform to improve their productivity.

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:45:03 GMT

Despite its potential, the agricultural sector in Zambia has performed below expectations. One of the factors that have been repeatedly mentioned as responsible for this dismal performance has been weak research-extension-farmer linkages. However, this will be a thing of the past as Zambian farmers will soon start using their mobile
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