[UgaBYTES] Drishtee to extend support to Telecentres in Rwanda

[Meddie Mayanja]

Great to see this relationship with Drishtee coming off with concrete plans. I hope Rwanda's experience in this partnership will help other telecentres in the region.

Meddie


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Subject: [UgaBYTES] Drishtee to extend support to Telecentres in Rwanda

Rural Rwanda constitutes more than 90 percent of the total population.
 Unfortunately,   urban commercial and service players have ignored this
vast majority due to its poor purchasing power. This scenario has led to the rural populace being denied and deprived of various latest developments, technologies and services in the field of education, finance and agriculture ect...

>From this point of view, the Indian based organisation"Drishtee" and
>NYAMATA
TELESERVICE CENTRE (NTC), a Rwandan rural based enterprise have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop and deliver a wide range of services in Rwanda at the village level through Telecentres.

The Memorandum was signed following a four day visit of Drishtee team in Rwanda and will basically focus on sharing experience that Drishtee has in creating and sustaining its Telecentre network. Specific initiatives  such
as provision of agriculture related services using   Mobile Phones and
related technologies, promoting Rwanda's handicrafts,  setting up Call Centres and Rural business process outsourcing (BPOs) will be implemented under this partnership. This initiative will be a remedy to the problem of sustainability and scalability