Connecting Hill by Hill
Connecting Hill by Hill
On 4th of May 2015, RTN signed a memorandum of understanding with Ministry of youth and ICT (MYICT) related to the increase of ICT services to the community. Specifically, the purpose of the MOU is to re-brand existing private ICT access point under RTN flagship into “Irembo centres” so as to promote and re-use […]
The Telecentre Women (TCW) Program – a global, multi-stakeholder initiative of Telecentre.org Foundation (TCF) geared towards bridging the gender gap in ICT by empowering disadvantaged and underserved community women with ICT access, knowledge and skills and expanding their opportunities for better lives – won the Gender Equality and Mainstreaming – Technology (GEM-Tech) Award under the Closing the ICT Gender Gap category. Winners […]
Over 60 women coming from 19 countries have so far participated in Telecentre Academy’s “Women, Entrepreneurship and ICTs” course. Half of these women were enrolled in the recently concluded Spanish edition of the course which kicked off last June 23, while the other half are currently taking the English edition which officially started last July 28. “Women, Entrepreneurship and ICTs” is a […]
The consultation, which is taking place from 29 to 31 October 2014 in Rhenen, the Netherlands, will bring together experts using channels such as mobile phones, web, radio, video, interactive voice response (IVR), telecentres, animation and print with farmers, researchers, extension specialists, and donors to explore how to link these channels in integrated approaches to […]
Under the theme “Digitising Rwanda” the second edition of SMART Days Rwanda held in Kigali from 2 Octobe to 3 October 2014, as the country prepares to embark on the last five years of the 2020 vision and re-doubles efforts to achieve the transformation into a knowledge-based economy and society. Over 400 attendees was included […]
Jean de Dieu Niyibizi, president of the Twihangire Imirimo Cooperative, unfurls a 3-metre long roll of laminated paper, revealing three stylized sketches depicting the dramatic changes that have taken place in the surrounding villages and farmland since 2006. “in 2006, we were getting just 600 kg of maize per hectare,” says Jean. “By 2011 we […]
CTA has published a book on impact stories which results from CTA partnerships with various organizations and Networks in Africa, Caribbean and pacific. This book provides a snapshot of CTA’s achievements during the last decade. It is a celebration, rather than a conventional impact assessment, and it provides an insight into the broad range of […]
Nairobi-Kenya: At the Kenya School of Monetary Studies nearly 1,000 people are gathering for one week long conference to discuss how small scale farmers get easily access to agriculture finance and other related technical support. This follow a similar conference branded ICT4Ag which took place in Kigali in Novembre 2013. The fin4Ag is a unique […]
The Executive Director Paul BARERA will part of panelists on “Creating content, dissemination and use” session at the Third Africa Internet governance forum taking place in Abuja from 10th to 12th July. The third African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) will take place in Abuja, Nigeria from 10 to 12 July 2014. According to the Secretariat […]
Rwanda Telecentre Network (RTN) in partnership with Africa Development Consultant(ADC) organized a 3 days training in marketing to members of Dufashe abacu cooperative. The main objective was to help members of this cooperative understand and apply some major marketing concepts such as market segmentation, customer satisfaction, and the product life cycle , such as m […]
