Hello Peter, Paul's Computer Institute in Bamenda, Cameroon is a great example of a self-sustaining ICT initiative:
http://www.paulscomputerinstitute.com/ This is a computer school founded by a retired American firefighter and former Peace Corps Volunteer. It was founded in 1997, has successfully educated hundreds of Cameroons in computer hardware and software training, is a Certified Microsoft Testing Center, and now a Cicso Network Academy. They are in the process of building a new building there for the school. I just returned from a recent Board Meeting in Beloit, Wisconsin. I am a former Peace Corps Volunteer who taught Internet Web Design classes at the school the past two years, am now home in the US but hope to return. Sincerely, Michael Breiner On 4/18/2005, Peter Baldwin wrote: > ...The reason for this posting is to request information on examples > anywhere in Africa of sustainable and potentially scalable applications > of ICT in the realm of local governance, education, health care, mobile > banking, or private enterprise. I am preparing a report for infoDev > which will examine up to five case studies in order to assess demand > patterns for ICT in as-yet-unserved areas. This report will focus not so > much on access providers as what people and companies are doing with > that access. If you know of examples in any of these areas that you > think provide particularly insightful information, please share them! ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
