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First Mile First Inch Project Brochures

• First Mile First Inch project overview (1.87MB!)

• The telehealth experiences in Tsilitwa and Canzibe in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (3.6MB!)

• The WiFi mesh network experiences in Peebles Valley, power line communications(PLC) in Rooiwal and the First Inch applications (3.9MB!)

• FMFI in Mozambique & Angola: Meeting social needs through low cost telecoms (3.2MB!)

FMFI Workshops

22 November 2007, FMFI Dissemination Workshop, Maputo, Mozambique

• FMFI Dissemination Workshop Programme - Maputo (Portuguese)
• FMFI Dissemination Workshop Programme - Maputo (English)

Presentations

• Developing Sustainable Models for Rural Communications the case of the MICTI FMFI Project by Jamo Macanze, Mozambique Information and Communication Technology Institute (MICTI)

• A Case Study: Shared Connectivity Between Schools in Inhambane by Kauxique Maganlal, Ministry of Education and Schoolnet Mozambique

• Wireless shared Connection between ISPU Politecnica - Quelimane and the Patricia Lumumba Secondary School by Fabner Aguiar

• Wireless shared Connection between UCM Pemba and the Pemba Secondary School anf Pemba Industrial School by Walter Kashumba

• The Regulatory Environment and Policies for the Promotion of Rural Connectivity by Francisco Mabila, Director CIUEM

• Who pays - The long tail? presented by Heloise Emdon, IDRC Senior Program Specialist: ICT4D Africa

16 & 17 October 2007, FMFI Dissemination Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa

FMFI Dissemination Workshop Programme - Pretoria

Day 1 - Presentations

• Peebles Valley wireless mesh networks experience by David Johnson (Meraka Institute) and Dwayne Bailey (Translate.org.za)
• Rooiwal PLC Project by Maarten van Helden (City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality) and Louis Bapela
• FMFI HTML Translation by Dwayne Bailey, Translate.org.za
• Openphone and the DialogPalette Application by Riette Easton and Christiaan Kuun, Meraka Institute
• Policy and regulatory implications for wider diffusion of services and innovations by Prof. Alison Gillwald, LINK centre

Day 2 - Presentations

• Uganda Community Wireless Resource Centre (CWRC)
• DIY Mesh Guide introduction and overview David Johnson and Ajay Makan, Meraka Institute
• Outcome mapping methodology overview and implementation

04 October 2007, FMFI Dissemination Workshop, East London, South Africa

FMFI Dissemination Workshop Programme - East London

Presentations

• eHealth Programme, Department of Health, Eastern Cape by Dr Rajeeve Rao Eashwari, Department of Health, Eastern Cape
• UWC MUTI project - Eastern Cape tele-health by Bill Tucker, University of the Western Cape
• Tsilitwa tele-health project - Eastern Cape by Ajay Makan, Meraka Institute
• Policy and regulatory implications for wider diffusion of services and innovations by Prof. Alison Gillwald, LINK centre

Conference Presentations

2008

• 07-09 May 2008 IST Africa Conference and Exhibition, Windhoek, Namibia
  • Outcomes as a Measure of Social Change in the Use of ICTs by Chris Morris, Meraka Institute (2.9MB!)