One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and East Africa
Post date: May 2, 2010 9:18:56 AM
East Africa: 1LPC by OLPC & EAC
The laptop for Schools sells at $200 now
The organisation represents the governments
of Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Burundi.
One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and E Africa
30m laptops by 2015 for Africa
The partnership between One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
and the East African Community (EAC) aims to deliver
30 million laptops in the region by 2015.
OLPC has also announced a partnership with a UN agency
which aims to deliver 500,000 machines in the Middle East.
Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash
The rugged machines
which are designed specifically for children in the developing
world and run both Linux and Microsoft Windows - are now
offered in single units for around $200 each.
source: news.bbc.co.uk