Sega Beehive workshop, 23rd August 2010

The Beehive is a community portal that gives local people access to information and resources on agriculture, financial management, jobs, education, health, and government issues.

Submitted by mcojode on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 11:11.

ITU-Inveneo Workshop on Design and Deployment of a Rural ICT System

It was intensive, rich in technical and business content, engaging and
exhilarating. AFRALTI Nairobi, Kenya hosted the workshop that began on
26th July-6th August 2010 and rule number two in the training agenda did
not miss out on punctuality; 9am- 5pm.

Submitted by Amos on Fri, 08/06/2010 - 14:54.

Understanding Web2.0, why not try these tools at your telecentre, they will ensure your visibility.

Here are some very useful websites, largely about Web2.0 tools that you may consider checking out.

http://www.kstoolkit.org/

http://c4lpt.co.uk/academy/ism/index.html

Submitted by Cleopa on Wed, 07/28/2010 - 09:06.

Kogere Community Knowledge Centre

Kogere Community Knowledge Centre is a constituent of Sega Silicon Valley. Located within Kogere Primary School, Kogere CKC is a modern ICT centre available for the community. The school enjoys free use of an up to standard ICT lab that uses low power, solar powered computers made by Inveneo. It also boasts of a good 24/7 wireless internet bandwidth.

Submitted by mcojode on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:14.

Updates on Knowledge Network of African Community Telecentres (KNACT) Members Meeting, 19 to 20 July 2010, United Nations Confer

The meeting gave an opportunity for assembled KNACT members to share
experiences, good practices and lessons learned as well as to assess
project achievements, results and outcomes. Taking stock of the
activities and achievements of the project activities KNACT members will
discuss and adopt plans, norms and standards that will govern the
creation and expansion of the regional knowledge network and
participation in the global knowledge network through the global
knowledge portal; and devise a plan to ensure the sustainability of the

Submitted by Cleopa on Sat, 07/24/2010 - 10:03.

Tokyo's intelligent digital billboards can tell gender, age of passerby

Digital advertising billboards that use cameras to understand the gender and age group of passerby who look at them. Click the below link and learn from smartplanet

http://www.smartplanet.com/business/blog/smart-takes/tokyos-intelligent-...

Submitted by mcojode on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 06:41.

Why SIM card registration is necessary but mobile industry criticize

Mobile phone service providers have six months to comply with the new presidential order and register Kenya’s 17.6 million mobile subscribers. This idea however, has been sharply criticized by Kenyan service providers. The Kenyan government gave “upsurge in crime” as the main reason for SIM card registration but services providers are blaming law enforcement as the problem not mobile phones.

Submitted by Amos on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 09:40.

Local Digital Content grants announced by The Kenya ICT Board

Back ground of the grant.

The Call for proposals for the Digital Content and Software Applications Grant is issued by Kenya ICT Board acting in its capacity to administer a Grants Management program for the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC). All inquiries should be directed to Kenya ICT Board.

Submitted by Cleopa on Fri, 06/18/2010 - 11:40.

Burundi Telecentre Network Starts Strategic Planning Process

By NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul

BCTN, under the support from CTA held the strategic plan workshop. It was at “Centre Communautaire de Bujumbura” from 25 to 27th January 2010. The workshop was also an opportunity for us to advertise the existence of B.C.T.N in Burundi.

Submitted by Cleopa on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 07:25.