GenARDIS grantee receives award in Rome

Johnstone Baguma, from GenARDIS grantee ToroDev based in Uganda, attended the International Conference on Social innovations for a Better World in Our Time held, in Rome Italy, in early October 2009. There, he presented a paper on the role of ICTs in improving the economic standard of the rural poor, especially women and young people in Uganda and Africa at large. His presentation highlighted the experiences of the ICT Research & Resource Centre (Kabarole Information Centre) co-run by ToroDev and the GenARDIS project.

ToroDev was also announced winner of the Global Junior Challenge on Social Innovations 2009, for its exemplary use of ICT in rural development of the poor in the Rwenzori region of western Uganda.

More information:
http://www.socialinnovationconference.org/ITA/index.html
http://www.mondodigitale.org .