[UgaBYTES] Telecentre Leaders Workshop organized by KenTel to be held on the 20th & 21st August 2009

[Gabula Atudde]

Dear C T Otieno,
Just wondering if this is information or invitation other wise bravo for the
development .
Esta

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 1:37 PM, ahmed digital <ahmed22digital at gmail.com>wrote:

> dear friends
> is sudan part of this???
>
> 2009/8/14 Cleopa Timon Otieno <timonson at googlemail.com>
>
> > KenTel, an idea conceptualized by various telecentre leaders who attended
> > and participated in Telecentre Leaders Forums held in Kamplala – E.
> Africa
> > and Benin – W.Africa way back in 2006/7 is indeed an effort of IDRC
> through
> > telecentre.org and Ugabytes Initiative to encourage the growth and
> > development of telecenters across Africa for effective, efficient and
> > equitable information access and service delivery to diverse communities
> > that telecentres serve.
> >
> > Through a grant from IDRC (telecentre.org) managed by Ugabytes
> Initiative,
> > KenTel has been able to officially register as a non profit company
> limited
> > by guarantee, the certificate of incorporation was released on the 15th
> of
> > July 2009 by the registrar of companies. The official name is now Kenya
> > Telecentres Link given that a search at the Registrars’ office revealed
> > that
> > the previous name Kenya Telecentres Network and its acronym KenTel were
> > already taken. The acronym is now KenTLink.
> >
> > A three year strategic plan is also in its final stages of development
> > which
> > will be shared during the workshop. This current status will see KenTel
> > undertake its mandate more effectively in future and even reach more
> > telecentres. It should be noted that telecentres are growing at a high
> rate
> > in Kenya today with key government and non-government organizations
> > initiating them. Some of these include the Kenya ICT Board, Kenya Data
> > Network, UNDP, Kenya ICT Network, KenDat – Kenya Network for
> Dissemination
> > of Agricultural Technologies, Forest Action Network (FAN) and ALIN – Arid
> > Lands Information Network Forest Action Network (FAN) among many others.
> >
> > We have also planned for a two day workshop on the 20th and 21st of
> August
> > this year. It will bring together telecentre leaders, practitioners and
> > staff mainly to share and learn from each other.
> >
> > The workshop agenda shall include among others:
> > -    Updates on KenTel.
> > -    Dissemination of a 3 year strategic plan.
> > -    Discussion on the opportunities presented to telecentres by the high
> > bandwidth from the fiber optic cable and the BPO sector. Among others
> >
> > We hope that at the end of this workshop, individual telecentres will be
> > able to understand, learn and be part of KenTel wide core objective.
> >
> > --
> > Cleopa Timon Otieno
> > www.ugunja.org , www.kenyatelecentres.org
> > P.O.Box 330-40606, Ugunja
> > Cell: +254-720-950-220
> > skype: timonson1
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>
>
>
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> profitable organization (Gedaref Sudan). GDCO is the founder of the first
> national Telecentre academy in Africa and the middle east and it is the
> 13th
> in the world (Sudan national Telecentre academy   SuNTA   ). GDCO is the
> winner of information for development award  i4d 2007 awards ( e-India
> 2007)
>   also the winner of i4d 2008 awards for the best innovations at the
> grassroots Telecentre. Digital city of Eindhoven (DSE) donated 750
> computers
> to GDCO and more than seven projects were established using ICT for
> community development.
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