Empowering Rural Women Through ICT4D and Small-Scale Agriculture in the Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda

Successful research results globally indicate that there is no doubt "Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) improve rural people's livelihoods" (IDRC/Acacia Prospectus 2006-2011).

In a rural community context, this phrase is widely understood to mean traditional and modern electronic tools that include telephony, both mobile and fixed, community radio transmissions, Television broadcasting, cinemas, computer hardware, software and the Internet that help to access and

ToroDev's Establishment of an ICT4D Research & Resource Centre in Western Uganda project Finalist in Stockholm Challenge 2008

The Toro region based ICT for Development Research and Resource Centre project initiated by Toro Development Network (ToroDev - Kabissa Profile, Website hosted on Kabissa), a community based ICT4D driven NGO since 2005, has shown such fine model and progressive results that the Stockholm Challenge jury selected it as one of the finalists in the Economic Development category of the 2008 award.

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