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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.

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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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