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Television for Canada 1.0

Television for Canada 1.0

...CFCN- CKAL- CBXT- CFRN- CITV- CKEM- ACCNET- CKSA- CITL- CFRE- CBKT- CKCK- CFSK- SCNC- CBWT- CKY- CKND- CBLT- CFTO- CIII- CITY- CFMT- CJMT- CKVR- CBOT... Read more

9 February, 2012
Television for Canada for iPad 1.0

Television for Canada for iPad 1.0

...CFCN - CKAL - CBXT - CFRN - CITV - CKEM - ACCNET - CKSA - CITL - CFRE - CBKT - CKCK - CFSK - SCNC - CBWT - CKY - CKND - CBLT - CFTO - CIII - CITY - CFMT - CJMT - CKVR - CBOT... Read more

9 February, 2012
CRT monitors given a second life in Africa

CRT monitors given a second life in Africa

Edwin Martins from Computers for Schools Kenya explains how the IT charity is turning donated CRT monitors from UK organisations into televisions Read more

15 October, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue
Donated PCs become African multimedia centres

Donated PCs become African multimedia centres

...some new computers, it still relies on the donated PCs sourced by CFSK. Two computer labs provide around 120 machines to the school's 1... Read more

14 September, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue
Photos: How old PCs are creating opportunities

Photos: How old PCs are creating opportunities

Another effort of CFSK is to turn old monitors into fully working television sets, which can... Read more

14 February, 2007 by Will Sturgeon
A Canadian solution to Africa's digital divide

A Canadian solution to Africa's digital divide

...even though he has retired, is coming for the fifth anniversary of CFSK on 9 October. We are inviting our partners to come and celebrate... Read more

3 October, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

HP and the African e-waste problem: Round 2

...have set up a pilot recycling facility in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.cfsk.org/ewaste.html Instead of bloating the research budgets of European 'think... Read more

17 February, 2009

Computers to Africa Diary: Day four

...business, into the hands of Kenyan students. After a tour of the CFSK's new facility on the outskirts of Nairobi – including a demonstration of... Read more

12 September, 2007
Video blog: Turning old CRTs into TVs

Video blog: Turning old CRTs into TVs

CFSK (Computers for Schools Kenya) is a non-governmental organisation that works with... Read more

30 March, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

Photos: The cyber café in a box

...is being sent to Computer Aid International partner, Computers for Schools Kenya (CFSK), which has received and distributed around 10,000 PCs from the charity... Read more

21 May, 2010 by Rob Tomkinson and Tim Ferguson

Photos of the year

...prepare essays and documents. One of the 2,000 teachers trained by CFSK assists the children in their work. Read more here. Photo credit: Will... Read more

13 December, 2007 by Gemma Simpson
Video blog: Turning old CRTs into TVs

Video blog: Turning old CRTs into TVs

CFSK (Computers for Schools Kenya) is a non-governmental organisation that works with... Read more

30 March, 2007

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