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e-Commerce and Renewable Energy (eCARE) is a development project that establishes Rural Business Centers owned and operated by local entrepreneurs to promote increased...  |
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Telecom Management Partner (TMP) and United Nations Foundation (UNF) initiated the eCARE project in December 2003. UN Environment Program (UNEP) and a local NGO in |
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| The design phase of the project led to an enterprise model in which renewable energy-enabled ICT centers are to be established in rural and peri-urban areas. |
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Each eCARE Rural Business centre consists of a modified and furnished ‘last voyage’ shipping container, equipped with telephones, multimedia computers, printers, |
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| eCARE is accelerating access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in deprived communities of Ghana by establishing rural and peri-urban Community |
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Local entrepreneurs are identified, screened, recruited trained to own and operate these eCARE businesses. The Project team provides training, support and technical assistance |
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| A total of 100 eCARE Rural Business Centers to be in operation by December 2007 in ten regions of Ghana including Western, Central |
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| eCARE enables the local communities to have access to communication facilities like the telephone, fax, email and Internet |
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