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ICT Training in Rural Zambia, the Case of LinkNet Information Technology Academy

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e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (AFRICOMM 2012)

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LinkNet Information Technology Academy (LITA) is a rural based ICT training centre in Zambia. Since its inception in 2004, LITA has endeavored to provide vocational training to facilitate the creation of ICT engineers in rural areas. Following the expansion of its sister unit LinkNet, within the co-operative Macha Works, LITA expanded with training in two other rural communities. The institute provided training for 588 persons in rural Zambia up to 2012.

This case study of LinkNet Information Technology Academy (LITA), in rural Macha, Zambia, provides analysis and review of the positioning, activities and constraints of LITA. It shows that, when training is properly aligned with rural practice, ICT training in rural Zambia is a feasible and beneficial activity.

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  1. Macha Works, Choma, Zambia

    Consider Mudenda

  2. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    Gertjan van Stam

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  1. Schloss Birlinghoven, Fraunhofer FOKUS, 53754, Sankt Augustin, Germany

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  2. State University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar, Tanzania

    Idris A. Rai

  3. University Yaoundé 1, Lirima, Cameroon

    Maurice Tchuente

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Mudenda, C., van Stam, G. (2013). ICT Training in Rural Zambia, the Case of LinkNet Information Technology Academy. In: Jonas, K., Rai, I.A., Tchuente, M. (eds) e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. AFRICOMM 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 119. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41178-6_24

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