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The Role of a Telecentre in Poverty Alleviation
Started by Sameera Wijerathna May 26.
Can Telecenters become Disaster Early Warning Centers? 1 Reply
Started by Sameera Wijerathna. Last reply by Sameera Wijerathna May 12.
Addressing the Human Resource Challenge through Internships 2 Replies
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on July 7, 2009 at 10:10am -
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The costs of the mobile phones are ever decreasing and the affordability is increasing. So many people including the poor in Asia, Africa and Latin America can afford to buy a mobile phone for the fraction of a price of a computer. The mobile penetration is extremely high even in the bottom of the pyramid.
A mobile phone will be in the hand of the poor before they get their own PC. So is not it more prudent to focus on mobile phones than PCs in ICT4D related works?
-Sameera.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on June 16, 2009 at 10:04am
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Mobile Phones or Computers
what would be more effective in ICT4D?
-Sameera.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on June 8, 2009 at 10:10am
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How Corporate America Really Views Africa
[The Conversation Behind Closed Doors]
It is always good to know the attitude of U.S. investors on Asia and Africa, where most of the poor people live in the world.
Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populous continent after Asia, with a population nearing 1 billion. It accounts for 14% of the world’s population. More than 1000 languages are spoken across its 53 countries. In addition, Africa covers 20% of the world’s total land area and contains about 30% of its mineral reserves.
A qualitative survey was conducted by Baird’s CMC in partnership with U.S. Chamber of commerce with a group of 30 leading U.S. multinational corporations from which majority were among the U.S. Fortune 100 corporations. Following are some of the industries represented in the survey;
Agribusiness, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)Infrastructure, Media
The survey could reveal five main factors that influence the decision of U.S. corporations to invest in Africa;
Rule of law - rule of law does not prevail
Attraction - no sufficiently large middle class
Risk versus rewards - risk adjusted ROI
Supportive business framework - infrastructure ?
A welcoming environment - education and health of workforce
Going forward, how can Africa attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)? Can they follow Asia?
Sameera.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on June 3, 2009 at 10:08am
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Welcome !
Mohammad Lutful Kabir and Nkiru Banjoko to the ICT4D group.
hope you too will share your knowledge here.
Sameera.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on May 5, 2009 at 9:53am
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see the discussion above
Can Telecenters become Disaster Early Warning Centers?
Sameera.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on April 22, 2009 at 9:46am
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Welcome the new members who joined the ICT4D group recently.
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Comment by Sameera Wijerathna on April 22, 2009 at 9:41am
- Sorry, I was bit away from the telecentre.org. Hoping to start a new thread of discussion soon.
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Comment by Niranjan Meegammana on February 21, 2009 at 11:17am - bridging gaps is ICD4D is all about, becase ICTs can penetrate through barriers to bring people hope. Governments fostering of ICT4D initiatives will make government commitment to serve such people. Nenasala Telecenter Network is an evidence of such activity.
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Comment by Debi Prasan Patnaik on February 21, 2009 at 8:48am - open access-this sounds interesting. Ther should be a movement by the Goverments for this. No organisation working in ICT4D is equipped by itself to take up this. What about USO-Universal Service Obligation.Does not right to learn comes within its' perview? The Govts certainly have an obligation to to bring knowledge to the masses and lift all barriers. It is also something the UN should also oversee.
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Comment by Marlene Bramley on February 18, 2009 at 2:15am -
Hi All
Re open access - I believe the Creative commons model is also a good one - similar to OA - where acess to articles and the reproduction of it is free as long as the source is quoted. Material can not be published for profit or edited and claimed as one's own. I also believe the future of Africa is held in access to knowledge. A shared accessible knowledge base or intellectual resources will develop case studies that can help people apply lessons learnt to their own situation - so that all can benefit and grow.
Regards
Marlene
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status of efficacy for the development of
societies through the telecentre related
technologies.
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