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Wifi for UK Care Homes

June 2, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Persons with disabilities, Seniors

Four Seasons Health Care, which runs 370 care homes in the UK and houses 20,000 people, recently installed WiFi in all homes to improve residents’ quality of life. Residents note various positive impacts this has had on their lives. For…

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WEF Ranks Countries Striving for Full Digital Inclusion

May 16, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, ICTs for education

The “World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2015: ICTs for Inclusive Growth,” evaluates countries that are exploiting the opportunities ICT has to offer and bridging the digital divide through the Network Readiness Index (NRI). The NRI takes into account…

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Improving Digital Accessibility in Australia

May 12, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICT infrastructure, ICTs for education, Indigenous peoples, Persons with disabilities, Remote/underserved areas, Seniors

Australia strongly promotes the use of ICTs for a variety of government services. However, given the digital divide in the country, they must provide digital literacy training to ensure that all citizens, particularly those with statistically lower levels of access…

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New Digital Literacy Training Centers in South Africa

May 12, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy, ICT infrastructure, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

Parks Tau, the executive mayor of Johannesburg, recognizes the infrastructural barriers to mass digital literacy in the city. Currently, 50% of the city’s residents do not have internet access. To bridge this digital gap, he has developed the Digital Ambassadors…

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ICT on the Agenda for AfDB Presidential Candidate

April 30, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, Remote/underserved areas, Women and girls, Youth and children

Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has made great strides for the country’s agricultural sector. His successes include solving corruption in the fertilizer industry and encouraging banks to lend to farmers. In 2012, he pioneered an e-wallet…

Avanti Communications Provides ICT Infrastructure and eLearning in Tanzania

April 9, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas, Youth and children

Avanti Communications will provide ICT infrastructure and eLearning programmes for Tanzanian teachers through the iKnowledge programme, as part of a contract with the UK Space Agency’s International Partnership Space Programme. The communications company is a prime candidate for the contract,…

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Pakistan Promotes Digital Inclusion

April 9, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Persons with disabilities, Remote/underserved areas, Women and girls

The Pakistani Minister of State for Information technology recently attended the GSMA Mobile World Congress Summit on “Digital Inclusion” in Barcelona. Here she emphasized the challenge of including all members of society in ICT and mentions the government’s particular focus…

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Knowledge-Sharing Partnership ENhANCEs ICT Education in East Africa

April 3, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Employment and entrepreneurship, ICT infrastructure, ICTs for education, Remote/underserved areas

Aalto University’s ENhANCE project is an attempt to bridge the infrastructural ‘digital divide’ in African countries and support the growing ICT sector. In this project, which began in May 2013, the Finnish University has partnered with the Addis Ababa Institute…

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Increased Well-Being through the Internet of Everything

April 3, 2015 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICT infrastructure, Seniors

Municipalities throughout the United States are employing the Internet of Everything (IoE) to improve their residents’ quality of life. San Jose, Kansas City, and Montgomery County are all implementing a wide variety of such initiatives to increase well-being among citizens….

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