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Uganda ftw lolz
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Nice work.
Dang, all those beige monitors just waiting to be dumped somewhere….
I guess the Ugandan culture is ready for the machines, huh? That people will find uses for them.
Makes me wonder what sort of wired or wireless web access is in Uganda’s future.
I am also reminded of a time some years ago when I tried to get a bunch of reporters along the Mexico border to start using computers.* One of my students observed me creating a simple spreadhseet for election results, which would of course calculate the various percentages. He said, in dead earnest, “How about instead I just hire someone and make them do the math?” His was the more common attitude in that part of the world at that time. Maybe it still is.
(*Yes, there was a time when that was a novel idea, and I am old enough to have survived it. But I remain vital thanks to daily doses of top-shelf tequila and Rocketboom.)
I’m still a believer that this kind of organization is doing really progressive work to help get the underdeveloped world up to speed. Times they are a change’n.
…they sure are!
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Good news. You’d think someone could check those CRTs to see if they worked before they shipped them to Uganda. Would save money on shipping, I think.
It would be smarter, yes, but not cost effective.
Let’s say you’re in charge of checking the monitors before shipping. You’ll need to pay the workers who check the monitors, you’ll have more expenses on waste disposal, and since you’ll now be shipping less monitors, the cost would actually be higher per monitor.
these days you can ship the state of rhode island to shanghai for a nickle…
and i bet people in uganda ckeck monitors cheaper than brits.
Why are we wasting money on making iPhones when we could be doing this kind of stuff to every country in the world? Everybody should be on the same level of technology.
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Mama Africa! Welcome to the Silicon Dynasty!
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That’s a great story. Thanks!!! Hopefully we’ll see more of that.
Excellent videos. It looks like even the African countries are finally on the verge of technological advancement.
great for Africa!!
Interesting point and I see where you’re coming from. I was sort of thinking that volunteers could check these computer components and monitors before they were shipped off. Then again, I suppose it would be better to pay people in Uganda to check them. Then again, they don’t want to be a “dumping ground” so, hm…
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hello, i think this iniative is a good one if i can be handled with more seriouness since as i write now,i neither know the official website for green computers uganda nor their physical location. the impact of this iniative is yet to be seriously realised in uganda today. the biggest percentage of the population of uganda that will greatly benefit from this kind of iniative are university students. from my estimation about 30% only of university students have access to pcs and yet they seriously need them for coursework, research, entertainment and practice or even business.Am a student myself at Makerere university and a computer reseller at that,but pcs on the market are still outrageously expensive for an average campus student to afford.but with planning, clear business models and more funding from bodies like the IMF, i think this cost can seriously be cut to levels that are affordable for any students.
Any one who might have any interest in dealing with refurbished computers for university students should contact me.
thanks
david(oquidave@gmail.com,faculty of technology, makerere university).