Supporting ICTs for Development

Region
 Africa
Country
 Cameroon
Staff Contact
 Mariam.Pangah@undp.org
Project Title
 Supporting ICTs for Development
Project focus
 Communication mechanisms for vulnerable groups
Projct status
 Completed
Entry Point
 2,5
Project summary
 The purpose of this project was to reinforce local capacity to fight poverty and to promote access to new technologies and information, especially by young people in both rural and urban areas and by vulnerable groups. Project activities centred around the establishment of an Internet Academy currently running eight teaching institutes throughout Cameroon. The Academy aims to enhance the national level of ICT expertise and employment prospects within the public sector.