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Even the more urban areas of Africa lack a decent infrastructure whilst mobile broadband will probably be a welcomed temporary fix it cannot deliver the kinda of bandwidth users desire. Especially as online services that are hosted outside of Afri...
September 15
Group dedicated to Low cost broadband access and infrastrucure
September 15
Hello The question you pose is a very interesting one. The problem is that for the devices to be useful in education they should contain software and content that matches the curricula per each subject and age group, of course considering local la...
July 22
Hi Roxana Many thanks for reference to the guide you developed. I enjoyed reading it and I believe it is a very good and useful guideline, especially as it also allows the client to add their own criteria. In your experience with how low cost comp...
July 22
A blog post by Segopotso was featured
One of the key deliverables of the Digital World Forum project is a technology roadmap on low cost information access devices. A roadmap describes a future environment, objectives to be achieved with that environment, and plans for how those objec...
June 15
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Group dedicated to the Low Cost Information Access Devices
June 11
A blog post by Jan Herder was featured
Here is a project I am working on, and it came up with an interesting take on creating a knowledge economy. What is the value Proposition in a Knowledge Economy? You could call it a "Teacher/Learner Economy." Simply stated the drive to gain good e...
June 1
Well, if we talk about software, some cheap solution are existing through Opensource projects; yet, most of the time they are not used in developping countries (and in all countries in general). Why? Is there any politic issue? Yet, regarding har...
May 28

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Organization
Foundation Cybervolunteers
Website of the Organization
http://www.cibervoluntarios.org
What is your role in this organization?:
International Projects Coordinator
Your email address
internacional@cibervoluntarios.org
Tipo de organizacion/sector
Civil Society
What does your organization do? (100 Words Max.)
VISION

To Use New Technologies to solve social problems

GOAL

“That everybody can, equally, access, know and use Information and Communication Technologies, in order to bridge the Digital Divide and promote the Knowledge Society”
Competences Areas
e-Learning, Digital Inclusion, Technological Volunteering
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We are involved in the Digital World Forum.
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Low Cost Information Access Devices Discussions

Following the discussions that took place in the Low Cost Information Access Devices Group, we defined three themes that we think could guide the discussions that take place on the forum in order to be more efficient.

The three themes we define for the Parallel Discussions are the followings:

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Posted on April 22, 2009 at 11:30am —

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Join the "Virtual Discussion on the Implementation of Broadband Access in Developing Countries"

WP3's "Low cost broadband access and infrastructure" proposes to take a pragmatic approach to the "last mile" issue, by studying each technological solution relatively to local socio-economic conditions and to specific constraints and costs (like power s… Continue

Posted on March 2, 2009 at 9:00am —

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Digital World Forum Description

Digital World Forum on Accessible and Inclusive ICT ('Digital World Forum') is a FP7 European project focusing on the use of ICT to leverage economic development in Africa and Latin America.

Providing minimal services (health, education, business, government, etc.) to rural communities and under-privileged populations is of major importance to improve people lives, and to sustain development. Using ICTs (I… Continue

Posted on July 4, 2008 at 12:30pm —

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At 9:39pm on July 1, 2009, Ahmad said…
Hi magin,

Your profile is very interesting. I am from market research sector. You can have a look at my website and participate in Paid Surveys
At 10:23am on May 25, 2009, Anand said…
Thank you Adrian!
Looking forward to learn more about this Platform.
At 2:46pm on May 5, 2009, Sameera Wijerathna said…
Hi Mangin

I always promote sharing of knowledge for better world. I will try to share my asian experience with you.

best regards
Sameera.
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