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Flying Doctors Bring Computer Aid To Africa
News IT charity Computer Aid International is working with the African Medical & Research Foundation (AMREF) to supply rural hospitals in Kenya with PCs, digital cameras and internet connectivity. By allowing doctors in remote medical centres to connect...
[November 27, 2007, 11:01]
Photos: Re-use Don't Recycle, Says Computer Aid
News Zambian high commissioner, His Excellency Anderson Chibwa, was on hand to help Computer Aid chief executive Tony Roberts load up the 90,000th refurbished PC for its journey to Africa. An organisation the charity works with in Africa, Computers for...
[July 5, 2007, 15:59]
South Africa Compares Digital Divide To Apartheid
News Speaking at an event organised by IT charity Computer Aid in London on Wednesday, Her Excellency Lindiwe Mabuza said issues surrounding access to and skills in information technology are major contributors to economic and social inequality in...
[April 25, 2008, 11:39]
WEEE Directive Sees Council Ship Old PCs To Africa
News The council has been giving its old computers and equipment to Computer Aid International, which distributes them to schools and hospitals in Africa. So far, the council has donated more than 500 PCs, laptops and monitors which Computer Aid...
[April 22, 2008, 10:53]
Photos: Old PCs Help Africa's Blind
News Audio tape was used for a while but the format is starting to disappear, even in Africa. The pen is available commercially for about £100, but Sightsavers has negotiated with Dolphin to create a cheaper, cut-down version of the pen for use in Africa.
[February 13, 2007, 15:47]
The African E-waste Conundrum
Blog Coincidentally, I just received an invite from HP asking me to attend a press conference on the 18th September looking at the issue of IT related waste in Africa- which is a big problem: HP has joined forces with the Global Digital Solidarity Fund...
[September 5, 2007, 17:41]
Toxic Tech Threatening Developing World
News Used computer equipment exported from the US and Europe is causing serious health and environmental damage in Africa, according to a report published this week. Toxic computer waste is not just causing problems in Africa but all over the world.
[October 26, 2005, 9:45]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
Talkback Second, the charity does not sell the PCs to Africa "for 50 quid"; that figure relates to the cost of refurbishing and shipping the PCs, and is raised by fundraising activities or is paid for by organisations such as Oxfam or Unicef who are...
[February 11, 2005, 11:33]
Microsoft Backs Digital Pipeline To Africa
News Not-for-profit Digital Pipeline acts as an umbrella organisation, bringing together charities that specialise in sending refurbished machines to Africa, such as the UK's Computer Aid, with businesses that are looking to dispose of their old PCs.
[July 25, 2007, 17:34]
Do Your Bit To Bridge Africa's Digital Divide
News Next February three employees from CNET Networks UK, publisher of ZDNet UK, are going to be visiting Africa — and cycling 400km across Kenya — to cap off a six-month-long fundraising project to bridge the digital divide.
[October 13, 2006, 17:20]
Charity Defends PC Recycling After Data Theft Claims
News Since being set up in 1997, Computer Aid has refurbished and distributed around 70,000 PCs to schools and other public sector organisations, mainly in Africa and Asia. IT charity Computer Aid has asked potential donors not to be put off from giving...
[August 22, 2006, 16:00]
Refurbished PCs Enlisted To Fight AIDS
News The PCs, donated by CfBT, will go to towns such as Kiberia in Kenya — recognised as the largest slum in Africa and home to some of the most deprived communities in Kenya. UK IT charity Computer Aid is working with an education charity to provide...
[October 20, 2006, 12:45]
Computers To Africa Diary: Day One
Blog Last week was the twentieth birthday of GSM but although mobile networks have been a relatively recent arrival to sub-Saharan Africa - they have developed in an unprecedented way. I'm over in Nairobi with UK based charity Computer Aid who are...
[September 9, 2007, 12:34]
Apple Is Not Green Enough, Says Campaigner
News Tony Roberts, chief executive of UK IT refurbishment charity Computer Aid, which regularly sends shipments of re-conditioned PCs to Africa, agreed that a clear distinction needs to be made between dumping e-waste and donating first-class second...
[December 6, 2006, 12:38]
Donated PCs Become African Multimedia Centres
News But this being Africa - where, despite the commoditisation of PCs in the West, price is still an issue — the answer is to crack open the monitor and attach a TV card to create a cheap and reliable TV.
[September 14, 2007, 16:48]
Computers To Africa Diary: Days Two And Three
Blog On Thursday, I am off to meet representatives of the Linux community in Kenya including the brilliantly titles Linux Chicks - an organisation promoting development of open source skills across Africa.
[September 11, 2007, 19:12]
Second-hand PC Shipments Tipped To Boom
News Gartner has found that demand for used computers is outstripping supply in regions such as Eastern Europe; the Middle East and Africa; Latin America; and parts of the Asia-Pacific region - a trend it expects to accelerate over the next few years.
[September 28, 2005, 15:00]
Computers 4 Africa
Talkback However I have heard some slightly worrying things concerning whether this was pure altruism on their part - such as a suggestion that Microsoft wanted all of the PCs being donated to Africa to be pre-loaded with Windows and Office - to help seed...
[September 7, 2007, 11:09]
Photos: Charity Wants Your Old Handsets And Cartridges
News Since being set up in 1997, the charity has refurbished and distributed around 70,000 PCs to schools and other public sector organisations, mainly in Africa and Asia. Computer Aid International has launched a campaign to boost the number of PCs it...
[July 31, 2006, 13:55]
Computer Aid: New Life For Old IT
News His inspiration for setting up the organisation came from witnessing the need for computers in developing nations first hand while working with an aid organisation in Southern Africa during the mid-90s.
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
