Re: [GKD] RFI: Impact of ICT on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

2004-02-18 Thread Pam McLean
/Fantsuam Foundation mini-solar project I wrote about previously. Pam McLean CAWD - supporting Community Action for Welfare and Development (CAWD volunteers use home Internet connectivity on behalf of rural development projects - new volunteers welcome) Cornelio Hopmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [GKD] What's on the Horizon?

2003-12-10 Thread Pam McLean
foCentre is still being developed. There is a lot of learning to be done along the way. I don't know what agencies could best supply that initial pump-priming funding to enable the essential learning to take place. Apologies for a long answer - it was a set of big questions. Pam McLean C

Re: [GKD] How Much Bandwidth is Necessary?

2003-12-08 Thread Pam McLean
I refer to a contribution from Cornelio Hopmann Sent on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:51 PM > (snip) > obviously illiteracy is an obstacle to use ICT directly -- > and not only due to the lack of skills in reading and writing, > (snip) > indicators: they are implicitly based on an Individual Con

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication

2003-12-02 Thread Pam McLean
r saving device" should serve. Even now, the greatest high-tech multi-programme clothes-washer-drier makes a poor job of cooking Christmas lunch. We need to be sure that discussions about ICTs are on the "appliance level" - not just "white goods provide the answer to every

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] The Role of the Private Sector

2003-12-01 Thread Pam McLean
is discussion continuing in the background. It will serve to illustrate the kind of information exchange which is possible this way. The link is http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pam.mclean/BaaleAgbe.wmv Pam McLean This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by G

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication

2003-11-28 Thread Pam McLean
be around when there are opportunities to learn about computers. There are lots of chores to be done when electricity and running water are scarce and there are no labour saving gadgets. Toby helps me too when I'm in Ago-Are and I would like to help him in return. Any more ideas like the encry

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication

2003-11-24 Thread Pam McLean
awareness was the next, opening the InfoCentre was another, starting the first services and training at the InfoCentre, albeit in a small way, has come next, connectivity is another objective. Getting email services would be a great step forward, well worth striving for both in its own righ

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication

2003-11-20 Thread Pam McLean
t is the most effective system available to us. Pam McLean CAWD UK volunteer on behalf of OOCD 2000+ (Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda 2000 Plus) This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provid

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] Improving Access Via Mobile Telephony

2003-11-18 Thread Pam McLean
know we need to communicate into and out of and across Oke-Ogun, and we don't want to wait until someone provides a mobile phone network. Pam McLean CAWD UK Volunteer on behalf of OOCD 2000+ (Oke-Ogun Community Development Agenda 2000 Plus) This DOT-COM Discussion is funded

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] How Much Bandwidth is Necessary?

2003-11-06 Thread Pam McLean
ntres (one in each of the ten local government areas of Oke-Ogun) and all gradually cascading out to the surrounding areas. However, my (non techie) understanding of the wireless solution to cascading out is that there are problematic bureaucratic hurdles, like needing a licence. Maybe we can discuss