http://www.apc.org/en/taxonomy/term/1269 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org/en/news/development/africa/zitt-geeks-young-nigerians-turn-computing-improve- <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">BAYANLOCO</span> (Karen Higgs for APCNews) - <p>The Fantsuam Foundation provides refurbished computers to <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/taxonomy/term/361"><acronym title="civil society organisations: Civil society commonly embraces a diversity of spaces, actors and institutional forms, varying in their degree of formality, autonomy and power. Civil societies are often populated by organisations such as registered charities, development non-governmental organisations, community groups, women&#039;s organisations, faith-based organisations, professional associations, trades unions, self-help groups, social movements, business associations, coalitions and advocacy groups. Style information: N/a Source: &quot;What is civil society?&quot;, initial working definition adopted by the Centre for Civil Society at the London School of Economics">civil society organisations</acronym></a> and partners, runs computer training centres and offers the only <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/258"><acronym title="internet: A set of interconnected networks operated by government, industry, academia, and private parties which allow computers and other electronic devices in different locations to exchange information. The internet includes services such as the world wide web, electronic mail, file transfer (FTP), chat and remote access to networks and computers. Style information: APC uses &quot;internet&quot; with a small &quot;i&quot; in all languages. Source: TechSoup Glossary and GenderIT.org">internet</acronym></a> connection for hundreds of miles around in rural Nigeria. All this in Kafanchan State where electricity is often unavailable and innovators power their computers using car batteries. The Foundation’s work is supported by a home-grown corps of <span class="caps"><a class="glossary-term" href="/en/taxonomy/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICT</acronym></a></span> youth volunteers, the Zitt Geeks. The Geeks are already <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/252"><acronym title="free and open source software: Free and open source software (FOSS) includes programmes whose licences give users the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software as well as share copies of either the original or the modified software, under the same licence agreement. Free, in this context, refers to free use and not necessarily “free of charge”. Style information: Do not use capital letters for the full version, only for the acronym. Do not use free/libre unless there is an appropriate reason to include this term in English. Source: Free Software Foundation ">free software</acronym></a> devotees and they are the first participants in Fantsuam’s business incubator which provides training, mentoring and funding to enable enterprising youths to become self-employed.</p> </div> ICT for development Nigeria rural ICT4D Zitt Geeks Africa Thu, 02 Sep 2004 06:00:00 +0100 webmaster 1553 at http://www.apc.org