New Information and Communication Technologies, ICTs, will soon be installed in some secondary schools in Bafia in the Southwest, Bamenda in the Northwest and Mbalmayo in the Centre Provinces of Cameroon.
The ITCs would include new methods of sight surveys, setting up of solar panels and void (intercommunication in local areas). Robert Marsh, Vice-President Engineering and Co-Founder, INVENEO, a US-based NGO, made this revelation to The Post.
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"These projects are being sponsored by a US consortium; Advanced Micro Devices, AMD, in collaboration with African Partnership for Development, NEPAD. Cameroon is one of the 20 countries sharing in this initiative, which is also supported by the UN.
The various partners have put together a package of computer equipments, Internet access and training/educationa l materials on a variety of subjects, which will be installed in three different locations of Cameroon," Marsh explained.
According to Marsh, the digital divide between Africa and the West will close soonest. "It's already changing. There is the explosion of the availability of mobile phones. The growth rate of the mobile phones is highest in Africa. The market is exploding in every part of Africa. The people in Africa want better communication," he said.
He said considering continuity and maintenance, they are training five Cameroonian partners before embarking on the installations so that they can have the minimum expertise in all the areas required to carry out the work, especially in the remote areas.
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