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Rural ICT access: Information Centers, CMCs and CLICs, a trigger for rural connectivity
Introduction
| Initiative Name: | Multi Media Community Centers (CMCs) |
| Author: | lmahady Moustapha Cissé |
| Country: | Mali [ML] |
| Theme: | Agriculture | Education | Health |
| Access | Infrastructure | Radio | |
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The Story
Background and context:
Local Information and Communication Centers (CLIC according to its French acronym) and Multi Media Community Centers (CMC) have been implemented in some information centers. They help communities deprived of quality communication infrastructure to have access to new technologies. This enables people to improve their life conditions as thanks to these technologies they are now able to obtain valuable information concerning the main sectors of development: health, education, agriculture…
Since 2000, the President Alpha Oumar KONARE has been expressing a wish to have all the parishes in Mali connected to the Internet. After the International Meeting Bamako 2000, where the issue of discussion was - Internet: gateways to Development, several partners committed themselves to making the necessary efforts to have that dream come true. These partners were, among others, the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD), World Space, USAID, UNESCO, etc.
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