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Video highlight: Flying doctors bring computer aid to Africa
Blog This video looks at how Computer Aid works with a fantastic organisation called AMREF which operates a flying doctors service in Africa. Flying doctors bring computer aid to Africa|ZDNet UK videos This a video I shot in Kenya back in 2007 as part...
[February 25, 2009, 22:52]
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]
Computer Aid: New life for old IT
Talkback how do we know these PCs are going to schools and why not let the african schools buy from local busiesses not ruin them ever further by importing PCs that are given away or dumped in UK and further destroying to local computer businesses in...
[February 11, 2005, 8:09]
Computer Aid gives 40,000 PCs a fresh start
Talkback In Tanzania, East Africa, we badly need these PCs so that we can accelerate the voyage of our youngsters into the digital world. East Africa Dear Sir I also saw a BBC programme on your company and was impressed by the noble task you have devoted...
[December 27, 2005, 13:24]
Computer Aid wants your old PCs
News Technology that may no longer be cutting edge for UK businesses can still provide years of useful service to schools and colleges in the developing world.
[August 29, 2007, 15:41]
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]
Computer Aid: New life for old IT
Talkback Hmmm so what hapened to those 486 machines in Africa tha UK CIOs 'kicked out'. They collect PCs that are waste and sell them to africa for 50 quid - that sounds like a business not a charity. Second hand PCs costs that much in the UK so where is...
[February 10, 2005, 17:26]
Bringing Computer Aid to Cuba
Blog The chance to visit some of the remote schools who have benefited from the donation of unwanted PCs from UK organisations was truly rewarding - a machine at the end of its life here, still has a lot to give in Africa.
[January 28, 2008, 9:54]
Kenya IT Computer Aid cycle challenge!
Blog The 400Km cycle from Mount Kenya, the second highest mountain in Africa, to Lake Victoria, will cross some pretty rough terrain with temperatures over 30 degrees most of the time. Together with two colleagues from CNET Networks, Will Sturgeon and...
[January 25, 2007, 11:05]
Computer Aid cycle challenge - Day five and six
Blog Everyone is really happy to have finished and even happier to see the back of the oldest bikes in Africa which somehow held together (mostly) through our trip. Tomorrow morning, while the rest of the team take a 7 hour minibus ride back to Nairobi...
[February 8, 2007, 10:10]
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]
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]
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]
