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The Ministry of Youth and ICT (MYICT) together the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), the Rwanda Education Board (REB), the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), the Private Sector Federation (PSF) together with other partners launched a "National ICT Literacy and Awareness Campaign".

The campaign kicked off in Rulindo District, attended by thousands of local residents, where different companies demonstrated their online and SMS-based services.

Read more: RW: ICT Literacy Campaign Gets Under Way

At least 200,000 people are expected to benefit from the first phase of a five-year massive literacy awareness campaign to promote and build citizens' capacity and knowledge in ICT.

This campaign is being led by the Ministry of Youth and ICT in collaboration with other ministries, including local government and education, among others.

Read more: RW: 200,000 to Benefit From ICT Literacy Campaign

It's sometimes quite challenging and intimidating elderly people to accept and cope with changes. When you look into the lives of Rwandans back in the 80's, you can say that socially people were living in tight-knit families.

There was Umuganura, or Thanksgiving Day, one of the most important ceremonies performed by the people at the beginning of every harvest season. The event dated back to precolonial times, a unifying festivity when people shared what they had produced - either at the family level, the village up to the Kingdom. The rich and the poor, prominent and modest families, young and old, all came together to share what they had without exclusion.

Read more: RW: Older Generation Needs ICT Literacy to Adapt to New Lifestyles

Rwanda's telemedicine project is getting back on track one year after it was set to start, now that internet connectivity issues appear to have been resolved, New Times reported. Under the plan, district hospitals across the country were to start using the technology to treat patients without doctors necessarily meeting them physically. The aim was to improve access to medical services that would otherwise not be available, especially in rural areas, by linking health facilities across the country with the national referral hospitals. A three-month pilot scheme had been due to begin on 01 February 2012, but was delayed.

Read more: Rwandan telemedicine scheme back on track thanks to fibre