Archive for December 6th, 2006

Worldchanging.com Features the Geekcorps CanTV

6th December 2006

Worldchanging.com, a web site dedicated to connecting existing tools, models and ideas together in order to build a better future for all of us, has recently posted a review of the Geekcorps CanTV. Every link that Worldchanging.com posts is informed by technology, however they primarily feature stories that exemplify how to build coalitions and movements, how to grow communities, how to make businesses live up to their highest potential and how to make the promise of democracy into a reality.
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Papou Coulibaly is young boutique owner in Ouélessébougou. Previously, Geekcorps partnered with Papou to create a Cybertigi - an Internet access point for the local community via a wireless link to a Community Information & Learning Center (CLIC).

The Cybertigi proved to be a very successful experiment, becoming popular with first time Internet users who found Papou’s mini-cyber both affordable and accessible. Unfortunately, after several months of Cybertigi operation the CLIC lost its Internet connection and Papou returned his equipment back to the CLIC.

Undeterred, Papou Coulibaly saw the potential for offering offline ICT services in Ouélessébougou and went about creating a unconnected cyber café at his boutique. Using the Geekcorps’ Cybertigi design, Papou acquired three computers, a laser printer, scanner, digital camera, photo printer, a Bluetooth adapter, speakers and a headset, even building a permanent metal shelter for his cyber café boutique.

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