 Providing financial services/ access such as savings, deposits, money and remittances is vital to reducing poverty. Finances can enable poor people to invest in productive assets like agriculture, livestock and poultry or help expand a business.
In many developing countries however, most people do not have access to basic financial services. Poor people are often considered viable customers by formal financial institutions as their... |
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Mobile phones have an immediate, and striking, impact at family and community level, connecting people for personal, business or community reasons. ... |
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Cell phone towers, sometimes called masts or mobile phone towers weren’t an issue years ago as they were few and far between. One could often travel ... |
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Each telecom company is required by law to channel 1% of their annual revenues to the UCC. According to Bob Lyazi, the Rural Communications ... |
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If you are a stakeholder in education systems in Africa, then you will perhaps concur with me that there exists a number of gaps in offering ... |
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Made in Uganda for community growth Information Technology and communication have been emerging with development for long. But many people in Uganda, Africa and at the global level, have noted that only the rich profit from the...
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Mailing list summary in brief Using email as a teaching tool
Email is perhaps the biggest growth area of the Internet usage today. Across the globe, it is increasingly being used for everyday’s communication. If used effectively, it can be a wonderful tool for learning because it allows usage with practically anyone, anywhere.
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 Who is sitting there? Preliminary Results of an Investigation There have been few opportunities for telecentres in Central America meet and reflect upon their actions. This opportunity took place in San Jose, Costa Rica where in March the 3rd and 4th about 40 people from different countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica were together. All of them wanted to perform this important task; reflect on the successes,...
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 • CHES program for rural based Hospitals is... Mobile technology is proving to be a major cost and time saver in the medical environment and as a result, represents a significant evolutionary step in the field of modern medical treatment and...
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The telecentre.org community has organized the first ever blog contest from 20th April onwards.
If you are interested in participating, please visit www.telecentre.org/group/blogcontest
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