Since the liberalization of the telecommunication sector in 1994, Zambia has witnessed significant growth in the ICT sector. Despite this growth, access to ICT services such as internet and related technologies are more biased to urban population leaving out rural areas that comprise over 60% of the country’s population.
Like any other Sub Saharan country, Zambia is faced with many challe read more...
Twenty-four representatives from fourteen African countries particpated in a 10-day CTA-led study visit to India as part of the TelecentresAfrica initiative by CTA and InfoBridge Foundation in support to the telecentre movement in Africa. Supported by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), this initiative, whose theme is “Social and Economic Development using Informati read more...
Overfishing reduced fishcatches and threataned income of fishermen in the seventies in Apo-island the Philpines. Desctructibe methods destroyed part of the corals. The community decided to create a no-take marine sanctuary on 10% of its coral-reef fishing grounds which increased the numner and types of fish and enhanced tourism that provode addional income.
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