DigiGaon program to provide 700 Indian Villages with access to ICTs
The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology of India announced that the initial phase of the DigiGaon project would benefit villages in Haryana, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh states. This initiative is intended to establish digital centers to provide 700 villages…
Government of Philippines gathers stakeholders to share best practices for digital inclusion
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) of Philippines announced during the recently concluded 13th Knowledge Exchange Conference, that the government would enhance its efforts to emphasize eCenter optimization and modernization of technologies to improve community development in the…
Turkish government and Google launch program to increase digital skills of women village leaders
The government of Turkey and Google launched a digital literacy program that assimilates the Internet Saathi initiative in India, according to the newspaper Daily Sabah. During its first phase, women who are neighborhood and village leaders will be taught how…
Research from Indian Institute of Management studies on adoption of digital technologies in Rajasthan, India
A group of students from the Indian Institute of Management in Udaipur, India, conducted a research project about adoption of digital technologies in rural villages. The team contacted 1,250 persons in 104 villages across the districts of south Rajasthan to…
Organization of American States will promote community networks to address digital divide in rural Americas
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) through the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and Internet Society (Isoc) signed an agreement to collaborate on the creation of at least 15 community networks to provide rural population in Latin…
Free digital inclusion course for rural population in Montes Claros, Brazil
The digital inclusion course offered by the Rural Syndicate of Montes Claros in Brazil, is now again open for subscribers and started on January 29, 2018. Anyone over 12 years old can sign up for the training, which shares digital…
More than 3,500 indigenous youth to receive scholarships and digital skills training in Peru
The National Scholarship and Educational Credit Program (Pronabec in Spanish) created by the Ministry of Education of Peru has provided 3,559 indigenous youth with digital skills to improve their lives and access government services. Some of the tools that they…
Tecnologías Indígenas de la Comunicación has supported indigenous communities in Mexico to implement local telephone networks
Five years ago, a group of indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico, was approved to start building local telephone networks to offer services in communities where major providers either did not provide services, or simply offered deals that were not affordable…
Buenos Aires Declaration invites stakeholders to leverage ICTs for development
Last October 20, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced the Buenos Aires Declaration to conclude the World Telecommunications Development Conference (WTDC), whose main discussion topic was ICTs for Sustainable Development. In the document, the organization presents 24 points providing guidance…
Colombian Library Bus brings satellite internet to indigenous communities
The Regional Center for Promoting Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC in Spanish) developed the Library Bus project to provide indigenous communities from Huila Department, Colombia with access to satellite internet and online contents. The Bibliobus Comfamiliar drives…