Archive for juillet, 2005

L’amélioration de l’accès aux NTIC en milieu rural au Mali est confronté à de multiples problèmes :
Environnement économique défavorable
Conditions climatiques dures
Taux important analphabétisme
Manque d’électricitéLes outils de communication traditionnels sont conçus pour des besoins occidentaux et ne s’ adaptent pas bien aux conditions du milieu rural malien. Une des préoccupation de Geekcorps est de trouver et d’ adapter de nouvelles technologies pour cet environnement. Depuis peu un certain nombre de nouveaux appareils destinés à la consultation internet sont sortis sur le marché.

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Comparaison : Nokia 770, Aeronix Zipit, Pepper Pad

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Comparaison : Nokia 770, Aeronix Zipit, Pepper Pad

Nokia 770, Aeronix Zipit, Pepper Pad.
This study takes a look at several new products on the market, with an eye toward use in multi-media centers in rural areas of Mali. (The full report is available in French only.)

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Dans le cadre du projet ComDev, Geekcorps a appuyé, parfois en collaboration avec d’autres ONG, des radios communautaires pour leur donner l’accès à l’Internet, afin de favoriser la dissémination de l’information.
Étude de faisabilité.

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I studied computer science at l’Université Laval, in Québec, Canada, and I taught some courses there for a while. But, as many of us do, I learned much more outside of the classroom than in the classroom. I have spent a lot of evenings trying new things, experimenting, compiling a Linux kernel, taking apart and studying every little thing I could put my hands on in order to understand how it works. So, you guessed it: I am a geek, a guy who loves computers. But that’s not the only thing I like. I like traveling, discovering other countries, seeing the world.

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SchoolNet is a pan-African project that provides services to teachers, students, and school administrators. SchoolNet Mali is Malian-run, Malian-led, and dedicated to making computers more accessible to students and increasing computer knowledge among young people by supplying local schools with the equipment and training that they require.

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Thursday and Friday are national holidays
Wednesday 21 September 2005 by Robin Taylor.
On Thursday, September 22, Mali will mark 45 years of independence from France.
The festivities this year will take place in Sikasso. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade will attend.Read more about Mali:BBC Country Profile: MaliWikipedia: Mali

Partners invited to get close look at Geekcorps’ projects.

First, Geekcorps welcomed everyone at its office in Hippodrome. Guests included representatives of USAID, including new director Alex Newton and members of the COMDEV team; Africare/Mali; BENBA; CLAC Koulikoro; Datatech; HKI; IDC; MaliFinance; the Peace Corps; PGP; PGP/MSI; PMC; PSI/Mali; REONET; Schoolnet; SUCO; TradeMali; and URTEL.

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Since the University of Bamako includes nine campuses spread all over the town, its 5-year-old network not only contains computer rooms and lots of computers wired together, but also involves a wireless network between the campuses. Geekcorps has been giving the university a hand to make their network more robust.

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