Hivos and Hivos Partners

[This article was published in the May 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

How can a wallet-sized plastic card with an embedded computer chip that can store data or process information increase security, save time and money and overcome limits caused by illiteracy, local languages or remote locations? Microfinance institutions working in the Bolivian highlands and in remote rural areas in Uganda have been experimenting with the use of smart cards for their clients and profit from the benefits of this state-of-the-art technology.

ICT For Global Health

[This article was published in the April 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Today wireless ICTs are improving the economic and health outlook of many local citizens by facilitating communications and development services. In countries like Cambodia and Uganda, wireless ICTs are connecting patients and doctors separated by thousands of miles.

Women’s group seeks ICT support

A women

WENT Africa 2005, Kampala, Uganda, 4 – 8 December, 2005

[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

APC-Africa-Women is the convenor of WENT Africa 2005, in partnership with WOUGNET, Women

Hivos and Hivos Partners

[This article was published in the December 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

Straight Talk is a unique platform for youth in Kenya with a nation-wide outreach and successful in providing Kenyan adolescents with a forum for open dialogue on sexuality and reproductive rights related to HIV AIDS, homosexuality, girls

Telecentre sustainability requires a balanced approach of both financial and developmental goals : Mark Surman, Telecentre Support Network, telecentre.org

telecentre.org is a new initiative aimed at building the capacity of people working in telecentres around the world. The main way we do this is by supporting networks that provide support, training and information sharing services to telecentres in a particular country or region. This support for networks includes a combination of social investments and support services.

Telecentre sustainability requires a balanced approach of both financial and developmental goals : Mark Surman, Telecentre Support Network

telecentre.org is a new initiative aimed at building the capacity of people working in telecentres around the world.

Behind the Mask

[This article was published in the July 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

HealthNet Services of SATELLIFE

[This article was published in the May 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

SATELLIFE took the bold and unprecedented step of launching a satellite in order to establish a two-way communication network for health workers in developing countries so that they could communicate with their peers.

Promote gender equality and empower women

[This article was published in the March 2005 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 to