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KwaZulu Natal |
| Manguzi |
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North West |
| Itsoseng |
| Vryburg - ECA |
| Pomfret |
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Eastern Cape |
| Lubisi |
| Tsilitwa |
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Gauteng |
| Mamelodi |
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The ICT's for Rural Development team facilitates a workshop on "ICT's for Rural Development" at the Science at the Summit |
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The primary aim of the workshop was to share experiences and learning amongst interested people involved in the ICT for Rural Development arena. This was achieved through not only formal presentations from around the world, but also from feedback by community participants involved in the CSIR ICT projects in the Eastern Cape. Issues such as providing ICT's to poor rural communities that have no food on the table were debated and it was concluded that whilst ICT's have a role to play, they cannot be implemented in isolation - development needs to take place in parallel with other infrastructural services. A fascinating talk by Linda Velebayi on promoting HIV/AIDS awareness through the use of ICT's was well received. Many community people heard for the first time a community member disclose the fact that they were HIV positive. Reflections from tele-centres in Bangladesh provided some interesting insights and similarities to local projects. The role of micro-lending and the Grameen phone were particularly interesting. Further experiences of using ICT for water management in Bangladesh were shared from a Canadian organisation. The session concluded with a number of one-on-one debates amongst attendees regarding critical issues such as ownership, individual verses collective benefits, human resource development and sustainability. The Department of Science and Technology hosted the session and also launched the CSIR developed wireless system for rural connectivity. A demonstration of data, voice and video communications was made at the Science Forum exhibition. |
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| Session chair: Ms Tina James, South Africa | Mr J Jikijela, Ms Yvonne Mantashe and Mr Wezile Mhlobo share experiences on how ICT's have impacted on their lives | |||
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| Linda Velebayi gave a talk on using ICT's for HIV/Aids awareness | Shahid Uddin Akbar, coordinator for the ICT Development Program, Bangladesh, gave insight into tele-centres in Bangladesh | |||
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| Kevin Jones and Shawn Burns make a presentation on using ICT's for water management in Bangladesh | Chris Morris(CSIR) and Imraan Saloojee(DACST) launch the system for wireless, rural connectivity | |||
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| Chris Morris demonstrating a tele-medicine application with the help of Linda Velebayi | ||||
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| Ajay Makan(CSIR) in deep conversation with Shahid Uddin Akbar(Bangladesh) | Tülay Urganci(Republic of Turkey) with SJ Jacobs and Chris Morris(CSIR) | |||
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ICT for Rural Development Workshop delegates |
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