TakingITLocal
Developed in collaboration with:
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Taking IT Local means bringing IT down to the rural people while taking their cultures and views and opinions global, teaching them what we know, inspire, inform and involve them in the world affairs. Teaching the people at the rural communities that are disadvantaged or are not provileged to know ICT skills the thing and identifying and finding solutions to their problems. And let the express to the world!
Bridge the Digital divide that exist!
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TakingITLocal Project proclaimed innovational!
Henry Ekwuruke | September 21
The people are talking about this project that is world class. The latest praise came from the Director of an NGO- New world Inc. who said that the project is " Youth serving communities and innovative". He further stressed the fact that the project properly financed and managed will receive...
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Broadband Through a Rose-Tinted Lens
Timothy Karr | August 11
Despite the rosy picture painted by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, access to affordable, high-speed Internet in America lags far behind the rest of the digital world. A new report released today at Free Press shows that Martin's glowing appraisal of broadband in America glossed over the serious...
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TakingITLocal
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TakingITLocal means reaching the people that are yet to reach with IT and impacting on them with the benefits of IT and Computer. While they send their opinions and what they like to know and have about IT and for their communities.
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By: Henry Ekwuruke, Nnado Foundation Inc
July 24, 2005 | Community: TakingITLocal | [more]
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Building A Better Future
By: Eugenia Bivines, A Sense Of Place Network | July 7, 2006
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| We as a people can unite to create an equal education for all. We can start by building a computer centre in each community. If interested in this project please contact.
http://profiles.takingitglobal.org/BearySpecial |
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Broadband Through a Rose-Tinted Lens
By: Timothy Karr, Free Press | August 11, 2005
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| Despite the rosy picture painted by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, access to affordable, high-speed Internet in America lags far behind the rest of the digital world. A new report released today at Free Press shows that Martin's glowing appraisal of broadband in America glossed over the serious problem of our ever-widening digital divide. By overstating broadband availability, Martin is trying to erect a façade of success that maintain the status quo -- a broadband service sector dominated by predatory cable and telecom giants -- at the expense of American consumers.
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International Digital Divide and Information
Bonnie Bracey Sutton | July 20, 2005
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| the "digital divide" is about more than access to new technologies. Policies designed to enhance the role of ICT in development and stimulate collective learning and skills training can create new avenues for reducing poverty, improving health and overall living conditions for the world's poor.... |
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