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Digital Dividend Digest vol. 31
October 15, 2003
CONTENTS
1. New "What Works" Case Study Released:
Vodacom's
Community Services Phone Shops
2. New
in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: Digital
Diaspora Network, Latin America and Caribbean (DDN-LAC), ThaiTambon.com
E-Commerce Initiative, Intel Computer Clubhouse, Ramallah,
West Bank
3. Special Opportunities: Conrad
N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize; Upcoming Deadline Reminders:
Stockholm Challenge Award, Video for Development Competition
1. New "What Works" Case
Study Released: Vodacom's
Community Services Phone Shops
The third in a series of "What
Works" case studies to be released, the Vodacom case
study focuses on the success of the Community Services model
of providing cellular telephony to underserved populations
in South Africa. The shared-access initiative has proven not
only profitable for Vodacom but for thousands of entrepreneur-owners
of local phone shops while providing low-cost telephone access
to low-income rural and urban residents.
Read the executive
summary or the full
case study (PDF).
2. New in the
Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: Digital Diaspora Network,
Latin America and Caribbean (DDN-LAC), ThaiTambon.com E-Commerce
Initiative, Intel Computer Clubhouse, Ramallah, West Bank
Seven new projects have been added to the Clearinghouse
since our last edition of the Digest. Among the highlights
are:
Digital Diaspora Network, Latin America and Caribbean (DDN-LAC)
The DDN-LAC is the third in a series of similar initiatives,
all of which are designed to mobilize citizens who have emigrated
to Europe and the United States to help develop the technological
and entrepreneurial resources of their home countries.
ThaiTambon.com E-Commerce Initiative
ThaiTambon.com is Thailand's highly successful marketing program
for products from local villages (called tambons). The project
began in 1999 as a way to encourage the rural population to
use the Internet. The goals of the project include the development
of e-governance initiatives, e-commerce and local production,
and the promotion of tourism through online means.
Intel
Computer Clubhouse, Ramallah, West Bank
The Intel Corporation, the International Youth Foundation
(IYF), and the Welfare Association (WA), a Palestinian non-profit
foundation, have launched a new Intel Computer Clubhouse in
Ramallah, West Bank. The Intel Computer Clubhouse is an after-school
program that provides youth, ages 10 to 18, access to high-tech
equipment, professional software, and adult mentors to help
them develop the self-confidence and enthusiasm for learning.
3. Special Opportunities:
Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize; Upcoming Deadline Reminders:
Stockholm Challenge Award, Video for Development Competition
The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize of US$1 million
is awarded annually to a nonprofit or charitable organization
making extraordinary contributions to the alleviation of human
suffering anywhere in the world. The call for nominations
will close November 1, 2003.
Upcoming Deadline Reminder:
Stockholm
Challenge Award
Deadline: November 1, 2003
The aim of the sixth annual Stockholm Challenge Award for
innovative use of information technology is to diminish the
digital divide and to create an information society for all.
The challenge is a platform for innovative projects from all
over the world to create networks for the exchange of experience
and knowledge.
Video
for Development Competition
Deadline: October 30, 2003
Funded by Gamos and Big World, the Video for Development Competition
aims to identify new partners to expand the growing network
of South based partners, and to provide an opportunity to
enhance and strengthen development work. Three digital video
cameras will be awarded (each worth approximately US$600)
along with instructions on how to use the camera for development
activities. The competition includes creating a local content
script for a video for development communication (improving
livelihoods, health related, human rights related).
For more information on these and many other special opportunities,
browse to the
Resource Marketplace.
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