[UgaBYTES] THE TELECENTRE TIMES MAY ISSUE-ONLINE VERSION

[Mwathi Francis]

*THE TELECENTRE TIMES MAY ISSUE*

*Featured Headlines*

§  Mobile phone banking (m-banking) - a key note in promoting development
today.

§  The Rural Communication Network project supports communication services
among rural communities in Zambia.

§  Fibre Optic Cables to address environmental concerns associated with
phone towers.

*Opinion        *

§  Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships & Networks for Telecentres.

§  CHES program for rural based Hospitals is launched.

*Interview*

‘Telecentres have helped in the growth of ICTs among rural communities’, Bob
Lyazi Director of Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF), and also
chairman of the Association of the Universal Service and Access Funds for
Africa (AUSAFA).

*Have Your Say*

ICTs have the ability to improve the livelihood of people living in rural
areas for social and economic development they empower grassroots with
information ranging from agriculture, farming, business, health, education
to political. It’s always said that an informed community is an empowered
one for all kinds of growth.

Realizing their valuable use, telecentres have been planted in various rural
communities to promote the use of ICTs for Development. Do you think their
impact is positive?

*Social and Economic Empowerment*

§  Shinyalu Community Telecentre guarantees free access to Methods of
Information and Communication to its community.

§  Development and Promotion of Handbook on ‘Technology for Women’.

*Easy Times*

Who is sitting there? Preliminary Results of an Investigation.



To Read all these articles visit the website below,

www.ugabytes.org/telecentretimes

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Francis Mwathi
Support Community Facilitator
UgaBYTES Initiatives (www.ugabytes.org)
Telecentr.org (www.telecentrecommunity.ning.com)
Tel: +256 414 370163
Mob: +256 752 995063
Skype: francis.mwathi
E-Mail: mfrancis at ugabytes.org
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