{"id":76,"date":"2008-06-10T06:33:06","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T06:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/php7.innershed.com:10000\/virtual-server\/link.cgi\/212.71.245.84\/http:\/\/www.connectafrica\/WP1\/?p=76"},"modified":"2012-12-30T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-30T13:29:50","slug":"without-energy-no-ict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Without energy, no ICT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Without energy no ICT! While ICT is unquestionably a key driver of development \u2013 take for example the unprecedented success of the mobile phone around the World &#8211; modern ICT is totally dependent on energy.\u00a0 No energy, and there can be no ICT.\u00a0 To ensure all communities in developing nations enjoy the substantial benefits of ICT energy supply has to be an integral element of any ICT solution.\u00a0 Particularly for rural areas the right combination of renewable energy sources has to be developed and tailored to the needs of the people and the region.\u00a0 Connect Africa is testing a a trial of satellite linked pay-phones (a Public Calling Office \u2013 PCO) in deep rural Zambia.\u00a0 This may offer access to various ICT services and at the same time additional sources of income.<\/p>\n<p>Dion Jerling Special Projects Director<\/p>\n<p>CONNECT AFRICA Johannesburg\/South Africa<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"JavaScript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar name = \"dion\";\nvar domain = \"connectafrica.net\";\ndocument.write('<a href=\\\"mailto:' + name + '@' + domain + '\\\">');\ndocument.write(name + '@' + domain + '<\/a>');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/WP1\/wp-admin\/pdfs\/rural_eng_16-17.pdf\">rural_eng_16-17.pdf<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 Download the whole Article as PDF-file<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rural21.com\/433.html\">click here for original Rural21.com article<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without energy no ICT! While ICT is unquestionably a key driver of development \u2013 take for example the unprecedented success of the mobile phone around the World &#8211; modern ICT is totally dependent on energy.\u00a0 No energy, and there can &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/?p=76\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1961,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/1961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.connectafrica.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}