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EC-DC National Project: Cameroon, ASAFE

Electronic Commerce For Developing Countries (EC-DC): National Projects

Region Country Company URL
Africa Cameroon Association pour le Soutien et l'Appui à la Femme Entrepreneur (ASAFE) http://www.asafe.org/

Project

Electronic Commerce for Developing Countries (EC-DC) Project.

Objective: Infrastructure & Human Resource Development.

Gender Issues.

Mission Report.

Status

Technical & financial assistance (in collaboration with the government of Japan) to 3,500 members of ASAFE, which represents several countries. BDT financial contribution for the infrastructure is CHF 100,000.00.- The BDT is working with ASAFE to establish an e-commerce infrastructure to be run and operated by ASAFE for its members and community in Douala.

The BDT has assisted the association to undertake the feasibility study and has provided training. The BDT has also assisted ASAFE to register its domain name. The BDT has collaborated in the organization of a Women Cyberforum in Cameroon & of a joint IT/UNIFEM Forum at the U.N. H.Q. in New York. The purpose of the Forum is to empower women entrepreneurs as active players in the digital economy. 

Software & hardware will be purchased end year 2000-beginning 2001.

The project is schedules to be operational by year 2001.

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