First Solar Powered Rural Internet Kiosk installed in the South Coast of Kenya

Ukunda, Kenya, February 27, 2010 – For the first time, a Rural Internet Kiosk (RIK) has been installed for rural youth empowerment in Africa. Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development (VOA4SD) is building the capacity of local youth to empower themselves through the Internet and social enterprise. The community based organization, Voices of Diani will own and operate the Rural Internet Kiosk with training, support, and volunteers from VOA4SD. The Rural Internet Kiosk is a product of Intersat Africa, Ltd. who has generously provided the first year of bandwidth at no cost.

Living on a rollercoaster

Living in East Africa is a rollercoaster. One day you are on top of the world, the next reality comes crashing in. The last three days have been quite a experience. We came to Nairobi to register Voices of Africa as an NGO in Kenya. We wanted to register here first while we are waitng for to finish the legal work behind the US and UK applications. In the meantime I was invited to a conference on the Kenyan IC policy and its harminzation within East Africa.

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