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Digital Destinations Monday, 17 February, 2003, 17:06 GMT
Senegalese woman using a mobile phone Why the poor need technology
Access to information and communications technologies can have a huge impact on all aspects of life, especially in developing countries.
Annan on bridging the digital divide
What can you do?
Grameen phone lady Hosne Ara Mobile money spinner for women
Women in Bangladeshi villages are making a successful living by renting out airtime on their mobile phones.
Mobiles find right price for farmers
Watery region hides hi-tech hothouse
Location of markets is checked by GPS Satellite mapping fights corruption
Computer-based maps of Bangladesh are being used to fight against sleaze in a country branded as one of the most corrupt in the world.
Net reaches Bangladeshi villages
Senegal mixes community and PCs
Shahsana using computer in Bangladesh Wireless web reaches village pupils
A school in Bangladesh is using wireless technology to introduce pupils in the countryside to the internet.
Net informs Senegalese students
Wireless net strides Bangladesh
Senegal health centre, BBC Healers marry hi-tech and tradition
A Senegalese health centre is using computers to keep traditional knowledge alive.
Telemedicine lifeline for villages
Radio gives power to the people
New horizons for Bangladeshi doctors
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