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Photos: Computer Aid warms Chile with white heat of technology
News Chilean Ambassador Rafael Moreno (right) receives the first of a 7,000-strong consignment of refurbished PCs from Tony Roberts, founder of London-based charity Computer Aid International. Computer Aid has recently celebrated a landmark, having...
[July 4, 2006, 17:05]
Photos: Computer Aid for Castro's Cuba
News Computer Aid International is inviting IT professionals to participate in its second annual Cycle Challenge and help bridge the digital divide. We are now aiming to eclipse that achievement and provide even more people with the tools to help them...
[May 25, 2007, 18:00]
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
News Computer Aid International has grown from one volunteer working part time to a slick operation employing 15 paid full-time staff and up to 15 volunteers, in just six years. Chief executive Tony Roberts is the man behind the Computer Aid...
[February 10, 2005, 15:25]
Photos: How old PCs are creating opportunities
News Tony Roberts (left), chief executive and founder of Computer Aid International, cuts the ribbon on a shipment of PCs delivered to Kenya and hands over the first piece of kit to a pupil at Starehe Boys' Centre.
[February 14, 2007, 15:22]
Computer Aid gives 40,000 PCs a fresh start
News For Computer Aid International, it equals 40,000 PCs that have now been refurbished by the North London-based charity and sent out to schools, community projects and other not-for-profit organisations in 90 countries, mainly in the developing world.
[February 4, 2005, 12:15]
Charity defends PC recycling after data theft claims
News We urge all businesses and organisations, as well as the general public, to continue to donate old PCs to charities such as Computer Aid International. All hard drives that cannot be wiped are destroyed by Computer Aid International on-site," he said.
[August 22, 2006, 16:00]
Bridge the digital divide with your old PCs
News It was built as a partnership between ZDNet UK's parent company CNET Networks and Computer Aid International. Computer Aid International is a UK-registered, not-for-profit organisation working to bridge the divide between the developing and the...
[December 20, 2004, 11:05]
Low-power computing: a tech guide review
Reviews Computer Aid International provides professionally refurbished computers for reuse in education, health and not-for-profit organisations in developing countries. This project came about at the suggestion of a charity, Computer Aid International...
[March 26, 2008, 15:19]
South Africa compares digital divide to apartheid
News Also appearing at the event was Shahid Malik MP, the UK parliamentary undersecretary for international development, who congratulated Computer Aid for distributing around 100,000 PCs to developing countries since 1998.
[April 25, 2008, 11:39]
FBI 'hack' could set dangerous precedent
News Yet, while the United States has more than 25 mutual legal assistance treaties to aid law enforcement in capturing data in other countries, Russia has signed an agreement to help the US in investigating only some crimes -- and computer crimes are...
[May 2, 2001, 8:17]
Nottingham University donates old PCs to Chile
News The university has donated 500 out-of-use PCs and laptops to rural schools in the South American country with the help of charity Computer Aid International. Louise Richards, chief executive of Computer Aid International, added that, while Chile...
[August 18, 2008, 9:24]
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]
$100 laptop project is 'fundamentally flawed'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) scheme is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of UK charity Computer Aid International.
[June 20, 2006, 15:05]
Data destruction claims rubbished
News Computer Aid International assures businesses it will wipe data to government approved levels and offers strict reassurances to businesses that their data will be entirely removed before the PC gets its new lease of life.
[February 21, 2005, 11:00]
Do your bit to bridge Africa's digital divide
News In association with Computer Aid International, the project is looking to raise enough money to fit out complete computer suites in several Kenyan schools where access to computers can make a massive difference to the quality of education and the...
[October 13, 2006, 17:20]
Outrage over privacy violation in cybercrime treaty
News In addition, the treaty tackles electronic fraud, child pornography, devices that aid computer crime and extradition of computer criminals. Last week, a Washington-based Internet policy consultant, McConnell International, released a study showing...
[December 14, 2000, 8:45]
Toxic tech threatening developing world
News Computer Aid, a charity that ships used PCs to the developing world, believes that politicians in these countries need to do more to protect their citizens. The problem cannot be solved at a local level as there is no legislation in place," Tony...
[October 26, 2005, 9:45]
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]
Wanted: IT Pros for Cuba Cycle challenge
Blog Computer Aid International, the IT charity which takes old PCs from UK companies and refurbishes them for the developing world is organising a charity cycle ride in Cuba next year. I took part in a similar event in Kenya this year and it was a...
[May 25, 2007, 17:23]
