The ICT Bus Project - an initiative being implemented by the Rwanda Information Technology Authority through the eRwanda Project - will act as a mobile telecentre to help bridge the digital divide affecting the rural populations of Rwanda. It will be a mobile computer lab that will benefit farmers, traders, students, women, youth groups, entrepreneurs and other rural based Rwandans.

The ICT Bus project will be managed by RITA in close collaboration with the Private Sector Federation -an umbrella organization that stands for the private sector in Rwanda.

The ICT Bus will provide ICT and Business development services and solutions similar to what Telecentres and BDS centers provide by moving from one area to another, where BDS and Telecentres are not available. The ICT bus will be a mobile telecentre as well as a mobile BDS with ICT facilities.

The ICT Bus Project will be of great importance in that the distance to service delivery, digital divide and lack of access to ICT will be highly reduced. It will also enable the provision of training to rural people including school children and teachers and will provide wider access to information and encourage usage of ICT as a tool for innovation, competitiveness, productivity and efficiency of SMEs, farmers and entrepreneurs in rural areas.

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