The Manilla-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced its $20 million pact with the Republic of Korea that will help the Bank to assist its member countries to achieve MDGs with strategic uses of ICTs.
Grameen Foundation, a global non-profit organization that combines microfinance with new technologies to empower the world’s poorest people and Local GSM network operator, MTN RwandaCell are launching Village Phone Rwanda, an innovative new joint venture.
The Government of the Republic of Korea has set up a US$20 million e-Asia and knowledge partnership fund at ADB. The fund aims to bridge the digital divide and promote access to information and creating and sharing of knowledge through Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) in the Asia and Pacific region.
HP has signed three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Kuppam i-community initiative with BASIX, Andhra Pradesh, India. The Kuppam project was launched in 2002, a three-year pilot program that was conceived by HP with the overarching goal of using the power of HPs technology to serve disadvantaged communities.
Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, executed a ministerial committee to ensure prompt delivery of services to citizens.
A pioneering project on computerisation in certain select villages of Tanzania is under consideration by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech).
Expressing the e Readiness to share its experience with African countries Algeria has examined the energy policy towards Africa and ICT development.
Dr. Edmond Mansoor, minister for Information Technology has announced the agreement of Commonwealth Secretariat to assign an ICT expert to Antigua & Barbuda for two years.
[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
APWKomitel (Associations of Community Internet Centre), work closely with various ICT and Police Departments in Indonesia aspiring to develop a good Internet policy for both (cybercafe) in urban areas and (telecentres) in rural areas.
Electronic textbooks will be available at elementary schools as innovative educational tools starting in March in Korea.
