Organisation Rural Access & Connectivity in Tanzania - IICD Projects
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Abbreviation  
Parent New Media Capacity - East African Initiatives
u.r.l. http://www.iicd.org/files/Connectivity-Tanzania-2007-Liang-Tan.pdf
email information@iicd.org
Country Netherlands
Location Hague
Address 2502 AN, Hague
Postal Address PO Box 11586
Telephone +31 (0)70 - 311 73 11
Management u.r.l. http://www.iicd.org/about/organisation
Fax +31 (0)70 - 311 73 22
Sector New media capacity
Organisation Type Project - NGO
Status active
Stated Role The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) supports partners in Tanzania with incorporating ICT in the development process.
Activities IICD’s Tanzania Country Programme consists of 25 projects operating at district and national level in the sectors agriculture, governance, education and health.<P>Access to the Internet in rural communities is provided through what is referred to in this paper as Rural Communication Access Centres (RCAs). Internet access is also provided via access points in schools, hospitals and offices of local government. Presently, via these RCAs over one million end-users are reached, directly or indirectly, amongst whom are students, teachers, women, youth, farmers, government officials, health workers and small entrepreneurs.
Geographical Focus Tanzania
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Current Positions
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Managing Director Jac Stienen 2007  
Budgets
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International Institute for Communication and Development        
Links to Related Organisations
Parent Tree New Media Capacity - East African Initiatives
New Media Capacity
Access to Information
Initiatives Research
Subsidiary Organisations  
Sibling Organisations Operation TechStart
UNDP Ethiopia's ICT Training Programme for School Net
Safaricom Foundation
Ericsson - Digital Villages Project
DOT ORG - Africa Bureau Access Support
DOT COM - Uganda Village Phone Project
DOT GOV - Rwanda IT Sector Reform
DOT EDU - Rwanda - Teacher Professional Development & IT Equipment Provision
DOT EDU - Uganda Connect ED Phase II
DOT EDU - Piloting Low-Energy, Low Cost Thin-Client Appliances to Link Teacher Colleges and Primary Schools
Creating an E-Learning Centre in Tanzania - Phase 1
Uganda Mobile Platform Technology Initiative
Network of Technical Support - ANTS Uganda
Kenya Education Network
AMREF E-Centres - Tanzania & Kenya
International Documentation Network
Tanzania E-Women Networking Project
East Africa Centre for Open Source Software
ICT Access for Rural Areas Intiative - COSTECH
Tele10 Rwanda
Community Television for the Poor - A Scoping Study
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Record last updated on 05 DEC 2007