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 !