e-Commerce and Renewable Energy (eCARE) is a development project that establishes Rural Business Centers owned  and operated by local entrepreneurs to promote increased  access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enabled by renewable solar energy systems in rural and peri-urban communities of Ghana.  This means communities without electricity can also benefit from the eCARE facilities which include Telephony services, computer access and training, renewable energy solutions, Internet access among others.

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 Ghana, Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment (KITE) were brought on board as implementing partners in eCARE by UNF. Ghana Telecom adopted the initiative into the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility portfolio, GT Cares, in February 2005 after the initial design phase of eCARE was completed. The project team comprises members from KITE and GT that holds the management of the project, and supported by UNEP in Paris.