| Rwanda looks to laptops to improve the knowledge economy |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| For a substantially rural and traditional country like Rwanda, supplying the next generation with laptops marked a change in the region’s future. Five years ago, non-profit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) began granting schools free laptops to issue to their students. Since the initiative launched, over 200,000 laptops have been distributed in over 400 schools within the east African region. Providing children with this type of technology for their educational use is only one sign that Rwanda is looking to IT in order to improve its knowledge economy — and therefore future financial prospects. This year, a deal was signed between Rwanda and Korea Telecom to provide 4G technology across the country, and the government has laid 3,000km of fibre-optic cables to give citizens living outside of the capital Internet access. |
| Source: Smart Planet/CBS (USA) | Published: October 18th, 2013 |
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