Geekcorps in the press

IESC Geekcorps’ program in Mali has been highlighted in a Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) video, see it below! The video features Geekcorps Country Director Matt Berg who discusses a variety of the innovative Geekcorps technologies and initiatives that have been implemented in Mali such as the Desert PC and Cybertigi.

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Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) was established as a result of a Presidential Executive Order to encourage international voluntary service by highly skilled Americans to promote health and prosperity worldwide. This agenda is represented by a number of Presidential initiatives including the Digital Freedom Initiative. IESC Geekcorps is a VfP partner.
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On January 2, 2007, IESC Geekcorps’ work in Mali and Geekcorps Director Wayan Vota were featured on 100.1 KRUU-FM’s “Open Views” program hosted by DJ Sundar Raman. “Open Views” is an exploration of open-source and free-culture movements around the world, stretching beyond the limits of software. The show’s purpose is to provide a view into the rich world of collaborative development, open ideas, independent media, and new business models. Read the rest of this entry »

Geekcorps was recently featured on CNN’s Business 2.0 segment entitled “Companies with Heart.”

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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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Geekcorps is one of 25 Tech Laureates who received a Tech Museum Award on November 15. The awards recognize “the best of those who are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues facing our planet.” Geekcorps received an award in the Economic Development category for its work on the Desert PC in remote Bourem Inaly, Mali.

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As announced last week, Geekcorps Director Wayan Vota hosted a webchat on the U.S. State Department’s USINFO website. The October 25 chat was written up in a USINFO article by Mary L. Specht entitled “Information Technology Critical in Development, Expert Says.” A transcript of the webchat is also available online.

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As Middle East business resource AME Info reported on Wednesday, Lebanese government, NGOs and international NGOs, including IESC, joined together to launch the PCA ICT Academy (PICTA), which will create IT learning centers in southern Lebanon.

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Wednesday’s San Francisco Chronicle published an article about Intel’s new high-speed wireless network in Parintins, Brazil. The network is a test of WiMax technology.

In the article, Geekcorps Director Wayan Vota talks about Geekcorps’ similar work in Mali, particularly in Bourem Inaly, and the corporate interest it generated — enough for Via Technologies to send an international marketing manager to Bourem Inaly to see it in person.

Link: San Francisco Chronicle: Helping Amazon’s wireless Net (No, not Amazon.com — and no, not mosquito netting, either)

Last Tuesday, Geekcorps was named as a Cool Site of the Day by Kim Komando. Kim has a three-hour call-in talk radio show, heard on over 400 stations, and sends weekly newsletters with tips or Cool Sites of the Day to millions of subscribers.

Link: Peace Corps for geeks