Services

Services that telecentres provide, can roughly be divided into:

1. Business services which bring together a number of services for which people in rural areas in general are willing to pay.
2. Informational services - in these services telecentres can play a role in dissemination of locally relevant information (on e.g. agriculture, health, education)
3. e-Government services all services of (local, regional and national) government institutions using ICT for citizens, public and private sector, and other government agencies.

Below an overview of services that fall under these headings

1. Business services
   1. Communication services
      1. Mobile phone
      2. (Fixed line) Phone
      3. Fax
      4. Email
      5. VOIP
   2. Printing
   3. Desktop publishing
   4. Photography
   5. e-Banking transactions
   6. Micro-credit, savings and insurance transactions
   7. e-Commerce transactions
   8. Computer training
   9. Internet, web services and hosting
   10. Leisure and amusement (games, music, video)
   11. Recharching of mobile phones, batteries, and other devices
   12. Advertisements
2. Informational services
   1. Agricultural information
      • Market prices
      • Meteo & weather
      • Input suppliers
      • Technologies and good practices
      • Q&A services
   2. Health
      • Telemedicine
      • AIDS/HIV prevention/extension
      • water and sanitation extension
   3. Education
      • registration for higher education
      • Literacy courses & lifelong learning courses
      • Training courses
   4. e-Tourism
      • marketing and booking
   5. Employment & work
      • Job opportunities
      • services offers
3. e-Government services
   • Providing and submitting (Legal) forms
   • Land ownership records
   • Certificates
   • Licenses/permits
   • Complaints
   • Registration of vehicles, boats etc
   • Early warning systems/info