[Africa-ir-public] [APCNews] Opinion: Despite multiple initiatives, Brazil still lacks a digital inclusion strategy

[Karen Higgs]

OPINION: GESAC, SCD, FUST, XPTO … and digital inclusion?

Carlos Afonso, director of planning at RITS -APC's Brazilian member 
organisation-, outlines the digital inclusion opportunities and 
initiatives carried out in Brazil so far, from the successful ones to 
the dismal failures. According to Afonso, despite the flurry of acronyms 
being thrown around, Brazil still does not have a national strategy that 
will provide the majority of Brazilians with access to the internet. He 
believe it's crucial that the Brazilan government gets involved in the 
set-up of community telecentres and computers in schools and public 
libraries – the cheapest and most efficient way of democratising access 
to information and communication technologies.

http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=17784

[Opinion originally published in Portuguese by RETS and translated into 
English by APC]

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