ICT Access

Genesis — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:27:02 +0000

Through ICT Centres, HINT is making ICTs accessible to the rural undeserved communities in Cameroon. Our two ICT Centres in Buea have provided access to over 200,000 people since 2003.

Our newest project, School PCs in parttnership with Computers for Africa in the UK is making access to ICTs possible for school children in Cameroon.

How Accessible are ICTs in Cameroon?

Genesis — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 07:29:40 +0000

One of our major objectives is to provide access to New Information & communication Technologies in rural communities in Cameroon. So in 2003, we set up our first Community ICT Training Centre in Buea that provides access to Computers, Internet, VOIP, Secretarial services to 3 neigbouring villages including Wotolo, Bonduma, and Bokoko. The centre is equipped with about 20 computers connected to the Internet. After suffering from the hands of 2 extortionists in the name of ISPs, we were able to recently get ADSL connection from CAMTEL (government owned).

In 2007, we set up our second IT Training Centre in Buea, thanks to a 500 British Pound donation from the Computing Services Department at Oxford University. This was made possible thanks to the efforts of Joseph Talbot a staff of Oxford University who volunteered for HINT for 11 months from 2006 to 2007.

Access to affordable Bandwidth is still a major issue in Cameroon and most of Affrica.

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ICT Access

How Accessible are ICTs in Cameroon?