26.06.2006
"My name is Mohammed Sokor, writing to you from Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab. Dear sir, there is an alarming issue here. People are given too few kilogrammes of food. You must help." The UN World Food Programme receives a direct appeal from a disaster zone in the Horn of Africa.
*OneWorld UK's Mobile for Good
22.06.2006
"A digital library is one of the very important academic equipments that the National University of Rwanda (NUR) in Huye District (Butare), has been missing for better academic excellence and I hope it's going to greatly help students and lecturers in their studies and research."
13.06.2006
Tanzania last week signed two credit agreements with the World Bank worth US$240million for the implementation of the 4th Poverty Reduction Support credit (PRSC 4) and the Accountability Transparency and Integrity Project (ATIP).
13.06.2006
Grameen Foundation, a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance with new technologies to empower the world's poorest people, and local GSM network operator, MTN RwandaCell, are launching Village Phone Rwanda, an innovative new joint venture.
08.06.2006
Gertrude from Shinyanga in Tanzania used the latest technology to tackle an age old problem and cut through months of delay and frustration.
06.06.2006
Dr. Ham-Mukasa Mulira, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert has been appointed as the first minister to serve in a new ICT ministry.
05.06.2006
On 24 - 25th April 2006, the Uganda Rural ICT Partners Workshop was held under the theme Building Sustainable Partners for Community Led ICTs for Rural Development.
01.06.2006
I thank UDS-Telecentre and Plan-Uganda for setting up the first public access Internet services in Kamuli. Introduction of such services has saved a number of people the burden of travelling long distances to acquire the same elsewhere.
