Welcome to the Zambia website for the 4th Annual Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Conference in association with the Ministry of Communication and Transport, Zambia.
Welcome. Mwaiseni. Mwabonwa. Mulumeni. Mwalandiridwa. Kaliu.
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How Uganda’s health care problems can end with a phone - 16th June 2009
In December 2008, 15 km from the Ugandan border a British doctor saved the life of a teenage boy in Rutshuru in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, by amputating his shoulder.
Dr. David Nott had succeeded in carrying out a life saving operation using his mobile phone where he text a colleague in Britain for procedures and instruction. He had never performed such an operation before.
Malawi joins other African countries on telecenter projects - 12th June 2009
Malawi has joined a group of countries in Africa embarking on countrywide telecenter projects to open up rural areas to regional and international communications.
Malawi joins Zambia, Kenya, and Rwanda in setting up telecenters around the country. The Malawian Regulatory Communications Authority (Macra) acting director general Mike Kuntiya said the objective of the telecenters is to enable rural communities to access communication facilities.
In Zambia, Malawi and Kenya, the telecenters will foster the development of e-health, e-learning and e-commerce.
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Zambia
Land of the legendary African walking safari, home of the Victoria Falls, the wild Zambezi River, breath-taking lakes and wetlands, a profusion of birds, abundant wildlife, and raw, pulsating wilderness...
All in one friendly country.
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The ONE-STOP connecting Rural Communities Forum organised by the CTO is here again. In its fourth successful year, this year’s conference will be in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Transport, Zambia, and is designed to prepare African ICT decision-makers for the next steps in driving rural connectivity.
Join us in Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia, on the 25th - 27th August 2009. In previous years key stakeholders from across the telecoms world have come together to build partnerships for the future.
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