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12. 7. 2005 - Wireless networking... in Southern Africa this September |
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil [APCNews] - APC has announced its mid-September 2005 Southern African regional training workship that aims to develop technical skills in wireless networking, and \\\"lay the foundation\\\" for a community of like-minded practitioners to share knowledge, skills and experiences. Wireless technologies offer the less affluent parts of the globe an important low-cost, versatile alternative for communications. Read the announcement of the event.  ::Development:: |
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12. 7. 2005 - Cambodia gets a Community Information Center web portal |
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Cambodia\\\'s Community Information Center web portal -- www.cambodiacic.org -- is currently the only large web portal available in the Khmer language. Content is fed daily to this web portal, with an average of 15 articles coming in from media and non-media news sources. ::Internet & ICT:: |
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12. 7. 2005 - Computer Aid International launches new East Africa office |
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GOA, India [APCNews] - After providing over 50,000 high quality refurbished computers, the UK not-for-profit Computer Aid International has now put down roots by opening a permanent office in Nairobi. Computer Aid International is a member of the APC. ::Internet & ICT:: |
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29. 6. 2005 - Ungana-Afrika: Doing its bit to counter Africa's 'capacity crisis' |
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GOA, India [APCNews] - APC's new member Ungana-Afrika is a non-profit organisation that provides technology support, and helps others initiate technology support programs, within the development community of Southern Africa. Their work includes incubation of ICT capacity building programs, in-house ICT programs, and individual projects. ::Development:: |
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20. 6. 2005 - The People Own Ideas! |
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil [APCNews] - Stanford professor of law Lawrence Lessig visits Brazil, and comes back with this fascinating story explaining how the ideals and inspiration of Free Software is giving rise to Free Culture. Lessig describes what risks and threats come along with the new strategies to spread regulation in the digital world, in a long but fascinating write-up.
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26. 5. 2005 - The Winner of the APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize 2004-5 |
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa [APC] - For young people living in poverty in coastal Kenya, surfing the internet and learning how to use computers make most sense when these skills mean better economic opportunities and work-readiness. In recognition of this, APC announced on May 26 that the winner of the APC Africa Hafkin Communications Prize for 2004-5 is the *Global Education Partnership - Wundanyi* in Kenya."If it were not for GEP, I would not have learned to use a computer," Jostinah Wawasi, a former GEP student told APC. "After GEP I joined a local university and majored in Economics. As a young woman living in Wundanyi, Kenya, this was not a usual career. My GEP experience helped me understand my talents and abilities. After graduation, I became a consultant in Wundanyi for a major agriculture project where I have helped my community members to set up savings and credit societies." ::Development:: |
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25. 5. 2005 - From India, hackers look at another freedom... to collaborate |
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GOA, India [APCNews] - Free software offers various 'freedoms'. But in India, enthusiasts areworking on a new one -- the freedom to build bridges to potential partnersfrom half-way across the globe, and facing similar developmental concerns or challenges. Frederick Noronha reports.
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24. 5. 2005 - GEM sparkles among IT4D practitioners in Cairo |
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Cairo [APCNews] - Where does gender intersect with information and communication technologies (ICTs)? Such issues are far less theoretical and abstract than they first seem, if you go by how participants responded at a Cairo workshop on a methodology called GEM. Erika Smith reports.
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24. 5. 2005 - FOSS in Upper Egypt: virgin territory |
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 GOA, India [APCNews] - APC members in Cairo, <a href="http://www.arabdev.org">ArabDev</a> is taking Free and Open Source Software to the disadvantaged south of Egypt. Students ask "who and how" made so many software programmes. When shown a long list of names, they ask, "All these?" Thinking of programmers as normal people, and not masters of some secret magical lore, could make a differnce to how these citizens of tomorrow approach this field.
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10. 5. 2005 - In more ways than one, ICTs can help to harm women |
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GOA, India [APCNews] - By itself, the Internet itself isn't creating new forms of crimes against women and children. But, it is sure creating new ways and means for these crimes to be perpetrated. Beyond the hype, today's new communication technologies -- particularly the Internet -- have severe impacts for women. Women's movements are now having to deal with the issue of cyber-stalking, pornography on the Internet, SMS harassment, and 'teledildonics'. So, can the intersection point between ICTs and violence against women be redefined, or at least better understood? Join this online discussion to find out...
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5. 5. 2005 - Slovak public WiFi networks seen to be "in danger" |
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India [http://changenet.sk/] - The Slovak Telecommunications Office has published a draft of its new general licence for operating radio devices´in the public 2.4 GHz frequency band. But if the wordings of this new policy remain unchanged, it could "effectivelly put ban on thousands of devices around the country", warns the Bratislava-based CHANGENET.SK network.
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13. 4. 2005 - Building human networks without wires: First community wireless workshop in East Africa |
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 MTONI, Zanzibar [APCNews] - Most internet access relies on the availability of a reliable fixed telephone line and that can be a struggle to find in many parts of rural Africa. Wireless technology can by-pass the fixed-line problem. APC’s Anna Feldman has just returned from a wireless training workshop on Zanzibar where thirty five trainees learned how to set up their own connections and eventually -using antennas made out of recycled tin cans- were able to wirelessly connect an atol two kilometres across the sea from the workshop venue.
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13. 4. 2005 - APC’s new “Community Wireless Connectivity” project: Starting work in Africa |
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 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa [APCNews] - The APC’s “Community Wireless Connectivity” project is looking to connect communities who don’t yet have internet access in Africa by skilling them to build their own wireless networks. The project covers the development of training materials and workshops that will be localised for different environmental, regulatory, language and climatic conditions. With four regional workshops in Africa in 2005, we’ll be training up to 100 possible future trainers and producing materials in English, French and Arabic.
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11. 4. 2005 - GenderIT.org - a new gender and ICT policy website helps women make ICT policy a priority |
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic [APC WNSP] - Information and communications technologies (ICTs) can assist in bringing food to the table or promoting a reproductive rights agenda and more women need to be involved in the drafting of technology policy. GenderIT.org is a new portal for women and policy-makers just launched by the APC WNSP, APC's women's programme. GenderIT.org is a practical tool for women’s organisations so that ICT policy meets their needs and does not infringe on their rights. Visit GenderIT! ::Internet & ICT:: |
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1. 4. 2005 - The internet governance debate is one where civil society advocates can make a real difference |
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LONDON, UK [APCNews] - Internet governance brings together two largely impenetrable realms for the average WSIS delegate: the nuts and bolts of the internet - what it is, how it works- and who manages those nuts and bolts. It is too early to predict what the final impact of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) will be. But there is no doubt that it has created a much-needed space. “At a time of global malaise, indifference and lack of faith and legitimacy in many of our global and national governance institutions, the internet governance debate is one where civil society advocates can make a real difference,” concludes APC in this new report which covers the main developments in the internet governance debate.
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1. 4. 2005 - Markus Kummer, coordinator of the internet governance working group – Diplomacy at the cutting edge |
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GENEVA, Switzerland [APCNews] - As executive coordinator of the Secretariat of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG), Markus Kummer prepares sessions, facilitates their work and writes up their reports after meetings. But, as he explains to Maud Hand in a quiet moment prior to PrepCom 2, Phase 2, unlike the classical secretariat tasks of any international working group, the multi-stakeholder make up of WGIG makes for a very different job.
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1. 4. 2005 - APC REPORT: Finance of information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) at Prepcom 2
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