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Second life for 1,000 government laptops
News The charity said it has provided 140,000 PCs and laptops to support projects in countries such as Ecuador, Rwanda and Zambia. The Department for International Development (DFID) has donated more than 1,000 used laptops... [27 Feb 2009]
OLPC rivals get 'vicious'
News In Rwanda the families brought electricity to the schools so that the kids could keep using the laptops. In the very large schools - in Rwanda one of the schools we work in has 3,000 kids - and then you... [16 Sep 2008]
Networking Academy Program in Ethiopia Bridges Both Gender and Digital Divides
White Paper With a bachelor degree in Public Administration from the National University of Rwanda, Beth Murora had but a few computer-related courses under her belt. She knew that the Networking Academy program, which follows the... [13 Apr 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Sente and sensibility
Comment The Grameen Foundation even finances the creation of these micro-businesses in places including Bangladesh, Rwanda and Uganda, helping entrepreneurs to buy mobiles and set up village phones. Operators must spend a lot of... [25 Oct 2006]
Mobiles to track bird flu and Aids spread
News Medics in Rwanda have trialled a new application that lets medical and government staff report data - disease outbreaks, drug inventory levels, patient treatment status - back to a central database using a mobile. [18 Oct 2006]
Colonel Gaddafi buys 1.2 million cheap laptops
News Negroponte told the NY Times: "It took him very little time to find OLPC appealing as an idea," adding that the pair had also talked over how Libya could finance purchase of laptops for poorer countries in Africa such as... [12 Oct 2006]
Charity hits back at 'destroy your PC' claims
News However, the organisation fears media hype from mainstream press will see a decline in the numbers of computers it is able to send to schools and hospitals in countries such as Rwanda. A charity which reconditions second... [18 Feb 2005]
Cheat Sheet: The WEEE Directive
Cheat Sheet Rwanda is one country where Computer Aid has particularly active. The WEEE Directive? Surely you're taking the pi. Not at all - this has nothing to do with euphemism, it stands for the Waste Electrical and Electronic... [29 Oct 2004]
Computer Aid to treble PC delivery to Rwanda
News Tony Roberts, Computer Aid chief executive, said: "Rwanda has changed and wants to change more. Over the last 12 months Computer Aid has put 1,000 computers into Rwanda, around 60 per cent of them to... [13 May 2004]
Got any old kit? Then do your bit for charity
News Computer Aid International provides reconditioned PCs to schools and community projects in less developed countries and this winter shipped PC number 25,000 to a scheme in Rwanda. Computer Aid International has launched... [03 Feb 2004]
