MCT pilot projects
Santa Catarina telecentre
Ajoint ITU-Cabo Verde Telecom project opened
in May 2001. The telecentre project is located in the town of Santa Catarina,
the second largest on the island of Santiago with a population of 42 000. Cabo
Verde Telecom offered a 50 per cent discount in the first year of operation.
Services include: recharge/purchase mobile prepaid cards,
purchase telephone cards, public telephone, Internet access, personal computer
applications, photocopying, printing and fax.
ITU 020096/M.
Minges
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The centre is operated by women and is open daily (except on
Sunday). There are 3000 members of the Women’s Association in Santa Catarina.
The telecentre is equipped with five PCs. Clients include
students and professors from the nearby school, as well as other members of the
local community. Around 60 users visit the telecentre per day and use, on
average, half an hour — people sometimes have to wait to use these computers.
There are plans to provide training for women and to
introduce an e-commerce component to sell handicrafts made by women. This would
include digitizing the products and displaying them on a website.
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