A coordination space for people working on the telecentre.org Academy, a global initiative to provide telecentre managers with ongoing training, capacity building, and professional development opportunities.
Cuchie,
Telecentres are currently offering diverse services until one can easily propose for a revision in the definition of the term Telecentre.
In our case i.e. Shinyalu Community Telecentre, we have different cases; we have a community borehole…
Abubaker,
When we talk of driving ICTs into the interior or rurales for that matter, the issue of local content comes up but we most of the time tend to assume or pour cold water so that it dies of. It is good to note that for any project to succeed…
The existing members must take up the role of being TCF ambassadors of spearheading the interests of TCF in our respective communities.
again, TCF must always stand by the view that their is need for TCs all over the world especially in African coun…
Telecentre.org must try to reach out to those areas that sound marginalized. It should try to embrace all. All in the sense that we should for instance seem to be guided by the fact that every country for instance must have at least a Telecentre or…
Telecentre Foundation has many more opportunities to enable it continue to stamp its uselfulness to the world community. Such themes include;
- Climate Change since it is an issue that can't go unnoticed and it is affecting all.
- WE should also hav…
Here we will hold our online consultation from the 12th till 30th November, 2009. Please do participate and help shape the future of telecentre.org. Follow the discussion via email, by clicking the 'follow' link on the right hand side panel.
This group would share information on awards or grant opportunities from different organizations across the World. Please feel free to upload/share information as a discussion topic.
Yapa!
This is one thing that I always avoid to imagine let alone thinking about it. When the Internet is down even for 10 minutes I feel cut off completely and that I can't deliver. The internet has become a core tool in our day to day life. ICTs as…
Hello,
Just to add on the already rich debate is the idea of working on simple publications bearing local and international briefs, innovations, relevant sites among many others and selling them at affordable prices. Eventually after taking shape t…
Hi Noah,
Congratulations for this noble idea. Most important is to have that driving power then make a move. Telecentres are the only way we can ensure a stable tomorrow. Through Telecentres giant outcomes can be witnessed though many governments vi…
Sharing space for the telecentre.org photo contest.
Here you can find the guidelines of the contest as well as post whatever queries or clarifications you may have pertaining to the contest.
Thanks Sandy for waking up this issue and noting all this points.
I must first admit that social networks carry so much worth than what many people know them to be and it is just humble to say that it depends with an individual rather the personalit…
This seems to solve most of my problems. Look! I once thought it this way, a broadcaster in the room and on air with a computer connected to the internet. information being transmitted on air and same being transmitted on the internet creating an a…
This group is all about efforts by individuals and corporations all over the globe who strive to use ICT based media to ensure sustainable agriculture,environmental conservation,food security,social entrepreneurship thrives unfettered.
Hi Azul,
This is really a challenge, I, particularly has been prioritizing only three to four things access, shared Vision, social networking and capacity building. Now I have to add up to 7 and am certain that all will be different.
The categories that best represent me (select all that apply). Note that you can create a separate profile for your organization:
Telecentre, Telecentre user
Organization
SHINYALU COMMUNITY TELECENTRE
Job Title
TECHNICIAN/ BROADCASTER
About Me (biography and organization description)
I am an Information Manager by proffession and currently am based at Shinyalu Telecentre. Shinyalu Community Telecentre has been in esistence from the year 2006. It was started as a research project with an aim of empowering the smallholder through media strategies which include FM radio (set awaiting frequency allocation), wireless internet connection (up and running), Tv/ Video room, Community library and community press. All this services offered free courtesy of Commission of Higher Education Kenya, UNESCO and Masinde Muliro University.
Already the community can access internet for free and other services. We have lined up programmes and scripts awaiting frequency allocation which is in its last stages.
I Robinson Wikana and other volunteers are have identified issuess of interest to the community (herein used to mean the national and international issues) for sharing and testimonies. We identify information, repackage it and disseminate to the smallholder population for immediate us. the centre also hosts a demonstration farm for agricultural practises.
Areas of interest/expertise and types of services provided:
Research
Desktop Publishing
Photography
AudioVisual services
Searching and Retrieval
Current Awareness services
Research and consultancy
reprographic
Community Outreach activities
After writing your article, there is an option for adding photos. However, you have to first click on the place where you want the photo to be and the upload it.
Sure Robinson let me know incase of anything. If you want to blog, participate in discussion or to join any group and you have a problem, let me know.
I will be here to help. And also, i know you have a lot you can share with us here about your telecentre...we shall all be grateful if you do that.
Thank you,
Modern technologies of ICT and telecentres
are very helpful for both men and women.But
it may be more useful to learn the actual
status of efficacy for the development of
societies through the telecentre related
technologies.
Agriculture is the source of food,feed,fibre and fuel for the mankind and domestic animals.Telecentres are becoming helpful for the human efforts to secure the necessary produces for the survival
of the peoples around the world.
Telecentres are providing immense services to the promotion of education.Students of all disciplines and societies use the various services of telecentres for their assignments and communications.We may highlight educational activities in this group.
Salam bro, Wish all the best outcome of e-Krishok Campaign. Its really very big sector (Farmers) and as well as challenge of building the digital Bd next. Thank a lots for such campaign initiative for the digital enabling support to the rural area.
I was among the team and I appreciated their solar project. in Chinyunyu everything is power on solar just like here in Nakaseke.
But the most interesting thing is the close relationship with the farmers I admired the way the Telecentre does the ma…
Announcement:
BIID is very pleased to announce that the e-Krishok campaign has featured on the BBC News Service and the BBC Bangla service on this March 7th and March 12th respectively. In the last few months, e-Krishok has grown to become one the…
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Cuchie Echeverria Call for papers and workshop sessions for ICTD2010 is now open. Deadline is on April 2nd. For more info, check out http://ning.it/9lNE0w
Calls for Papers (including papers in both French and Spanish) and Workshop Sessions are now open for the IEEE/ACM Conference on Information and Communication Technologies
for Development (ICTD2010) to be held on Dec 13-16, 2010 in London.ICTD2010 i…
Hi Dean,
Thanks very much for the updates of the Chinyunyu telecenter. I must say that was a good report about what is happenning in the chongwe rural. Dean have you tried to recommend free open source software for the chinyunyu telecenter. I happen…
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Social networks and other apps for smart-phones could be brought to television through the use of Google's Android operating system.
Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living r…
Introduction:
The participants of the 2008 international telecenter workshop may recall their visit to Chinyunyu Community Telecentre. Located approximately 80 kms east of capital Lusaka, Chinyunyu telecentre offered a platform for a field study v…