At the VIA Technology Forum’s Emerging Markets Technology Track today, Wayan Vota presented Mali Micro Enterprise Development, Powered by VIA Technology, detailing the two programs that use VIA systems.

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In the build-up to VIA Technology Forum 2006, where Wayan Vota, Geekcorps Director, will present Mali Micro Enterprise Development - Powered By VIA Technologies, Wayan was interviewed by VIA Technologies.

Q1: What are the fascinating projects that Geekcorps are involved in at this time?

Wayan: Geekcorps and VIA are collaborating on two cutting edge solutions in Mali, West Africa, the Desert PC and the Cybertigi.

Read more on the VTF2006 website.

IESC’s AIM-IT program is proud to announce the creation of the iVolunteer4Lebanon.org website, specifically designed to match skilled Lebanese diasporans willing to volunteer their expertise with Lebanese NGOs, government agencies, and commercial ventures.

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This weekend, IESC’s Geekcorps Division and AIM-IT program staff attended TechLeb 06, the 1st international conference on technology in Lebanon, to strategize on how to make Lebanon a vibrant and sustainable technology hub in the Middle East, North Africa region (MENA).

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If you happen to read Hebrew, or better yet, live in Israel, then be sure to grab a copy of today’s Globe, Israeli’s financial newspaper. Inside you’ll find an amazing four-page article on Geekcorps, complete with great photographs of our good works. Unfortunately, Globe Online does not have the article, but we have a sneak peak of the article’s first page here (PDF, 1.26 MB).

In his final year of study at the University of Bamako, Moussa Keita wrote a paper that analyzed the failings of the wireless network at his university. Geekcorps, who was asked to help restore the network, recruited him upon graduation. After more than a year of training with some of the best wireless and open-source experts available, and after successfully installing wireless and other technologies in all corners of his native Mali, Geekcorps management urged Moussa to begin his own business so that Geekcorps could outsource the many requests for his services.

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Geekcorps has a starring role in the new Watson Institute publication Foreign Aid and Private Sector Development (PDF, 493 Kb) by Carol Lancaster and others. Our best mention:

In Ghana, IESC/Geekcorps has enabled many ICT firms to increase their share of the domestic market by helping them to introduce new products. Within the first year of the Accra Technology and Skills Transfer Project, for instance, 87% of IESC Geekcorps’ clients were reporting that they could offer new or improved products or services as a result of assistance (Halleran, a).

For more information see the Watson Institute press release.

After a year of sweat and effort, the Smart Technology for a Smarter Business Program is finally complete and the highly practical training curriculum that enables small business owners to build a smarter business with technology is now available for download from www.smarterseminars.org.

A hearty thanks to the Making Cents Consortium, Making Cents International, IESC Geekcorps, MediaSpark, and the program sponsor, Hewlett Packard.

In his final year of study at the University of Bamako, Moussa Keita wrote a paper that analyzed the failings of the wireless network at his university. Geekcorps, who was asked to help restore the network, recruited him upon graduation. After more than a year of training with some of the best wireless and open-source experts available, and after successfully installing wireless and other technologies in all corners of his native Mali, Geekcorps’ management urged Moussa to begin his own business so that Geekcorps could outsource the many requests for his services.

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