Category: ICT for Development
Shilpa Sayura wins prestigious i4d award
The Shilpa Sayura project, initiated under the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka’s (ICTA) e-Society Development Initiative gained international recognition last week when it won an i4d award at the eINDIA 2007 Conference in New Delhi, India. Shilpa Sayura was among seven ICT-based projects that won i4d Awards, for their contribution in the […]
Mahabir Pun wins Magsaysay Award for his innovative wireless computer technology in Nepal
Author: Mohammad Kawsar Uddin, From Nepal A Nepali from the remote Myagdi district, Mahabir Pun, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay 2007 for his outstanding contribution to community leadership. He won Asia’s premier prize for his innovative application of wireless computer technology in Nepal, bringing progress to the remote mountain, connecting Nangi village to the […]
ICTA launches 400th Tele-centre at Colombo District Secretariat
The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) today established its 400th Nenasala (Tele-centre) at the Colombo District Secretariat. The Chief Guest at the event is Hon. Minister Karu Jayasuriya. The setting up of this Nenasala is aimed at providing visitors with services such as Internet access, computer access, telephone calls, scanning and […]
Global knowledge to the village in Sri Lanka
Tele-centres are opening up communication-challenged areas in Sri Lanka. Rs. 6 million package initiative to create 20 Internet ‘Nenasalas’ in the island nation, part of plan to create 1,000 centres by 2008. The problems posed by domestic strife has not distracted Sri Lankans from trying to bridge their own ‘digital divide’ and opening up the […]
Rural ICT Center along with Digital Photography Lab in BHS Collegiate School in Boria, Kushtia
Begum Hamida Siddique Collegiate School (BHSCS) is located at village Boria 10 km from Kushtia town. There was no high school within 6 km area of this village and no education for the girls before 1995 the school was established. The school has now been enjoying computer facility from 1998 and a computer course was […]
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