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Community Multimedia Centre =Community Radio + Community Telecentre
Community Telecentre = a community business which stimulates and meets the demand for information and communication services
Community Radio = The Community radio allows communication with the whole community in the local language.
Community Multimedia Centre = Uses radio as an interface to inform and communicate with the locals.
Goal of the CMCs in Africa
• The CMCs aim essentially to reduce the digital divide in order to stimulate rural development by facilitating access to ICTs.
What are the CMC strategies in Africa?
• Associate and integrate the use of local media: radio, newspapers etc. to reach the whole community.
• Participative approach:– Creating local user units at grassroot level,– Forming user groups to define the needs for
specific applications,– Developing application projects.
State of ICT use by radios in Africa
• 65% have at least one computer
• 15% have permanent Internet connexion
• 20% use Internet
• 1% use digital broadcasting and editing
• 80% have one staff member with ICT training
• 85% use telecentres to collect information.
An example of project application
• Women groups in Timbuktu use the telecentre to improve their businesses
Songhay Subanafa women’s microcredit group use Excel to
improve the management of their savings and credit accounts.
Savings and credit information and administration system (SIG) of the women’s group Songhoy Subanafa
By using Excel and Keyma the women imptove the accountancy of their association :
• Members’ register• Order form• Stock sheet• Management book • Cash book• Profit and loss account• Receipt
konday ije kadasu (Members’ register)
liimoro (N°d'ordre) han (Date)
jaaboudiyo da maadiyo (Noms et
Prénoms)
Korosidiyo
(Observations)horaw haydi
(Cotisations d'adhésion)
faabadi k'aye (Apports
remboursables)
haydi kul (Montant)
(Komandi Kaddaso) (Order form)
liimoro (N° ordre)
jinay kabilaa (Désignation)
hinnedi (Quantité)
a fo haydi (Prix Unitaire)
Korosidiyo (Observations)
Jinay jisi Kaddasu (Stock sheet)
Han (Date) Hirodiyo (Entrées) Fattadiyo (Sorties)
cindidi
(Stock)
Ýeeran Kaddasu berdi (Manager’s ledger)
liimoro (N° ordre)
han (Date) dalildi (Libellés)
haydi kul (Montant)
N° ordre (liimoro)
han (Date) dalildi (Libellés) haydi kul (Montant)
haydi k'a cindidi Zeeran do (Stock au niveau du gérant )
Hirawdiyo (ENTREES) Fattadiyo (SORTIES)
hirawdiyo kul hay (Montant Total des entrées)
fattadiyo kul hay (Montant Total des entrées)
njorfu hiraw fatta kaddasu (Cash book)
liimoro (N° ordre)
han (Date) dalildi (Libellés)
haydi kul (Montant)
liimoro (N° ordre)
han (Date) dalildi (Libellés) haydi kul (Montant)
haydi k'a cindi keesu kuna (Solde de caisse)
Hirawdiyo (ENTREES) Fattadiyo (SORTIES)
hirawdiyo kul hay (Montant Total des entrées)
fattadiyo kul hay (Montant Total des entrées)
Šeeda taray kaddasu(A receipt in the songhoi language)
• • Hennedi………………………..• • Borodi ka bana: a………………• • …………………………………..• • Hinnedi nda caw ………………..• • …………………………………..• • Dàlil ……………………………• • ………………………………….
• • Jaari…………../………/200…• Liimoro……….njorfu kan
bakoydi…………………….
Electronic voice mail lesson
Women and E-Commerce
• Trader placing an order for condiments by voicemail with her supplier in Mopti (400 km away).
Some tangible results in motivating women
• Increasing turnout of women at CMC
• Less financial disputes during the weekly meetings
• Time saved by the women
• Increasing turnout of men.
Difficulties the CMCs face in Africa
• Language barriers
• Unreliable Internet connetion
• The initial cost of convincing the rural people to use ICTs by developing relevant applications
• Taxes on IT equipment and telecommunications.
« In the past people emigrated to seekknowledge
and today the knowledge is here »
Marabout sends email
Kids Training Kids
Educational CD-ROMs
Radio browsing broadcast
Songhay
Tamacheq
Broadcasting information processed on the computer
Radio Alfarouk’s Kids for Kids broadcast
Suitcase radio training
Repair and maintenance room
Businessmen at the telecentre
Preparing bills
Consulting email
Doctors at the telecentre
Thank you !