Project Overview

Summary

The CSIR's division of Information Communications Technology, icomtek, has formed a number of successful partnerships with rural communities in "narrowing" the digital divide. One such community, Tsilitwa, lies in the deep rural area, in the Qumbu district and is typical of many Eastern Cape

communities that are deprived of basic infrastructure and access to information.

With funding from the DACST Innovation Fund, the CSIR has piloted an innovative communications infrastructure project in support of local economic development in the Tsilitwa area.