The potential of telecentres to bridge the digital divide can only be realised when their services are appropriated by all groups in the community. Previous studies show that in Malawi only a few women use telecentres. ...

This paper argues that LibraryThing (LT), a cheap, user friendly, social networking cataloguing tool can also be used by big libraries to develop library collections’ catalogues as well as a platform for sharing bibliographic ...

For over three decades telecentres have been promoted as a means of reducing digital exclusion. However, their relevance is inconclusive. In this paper we investigate how telecentre users empower rural communities in ...

Despite that Khudze Multipurpose Community Telecentre has been operating for over five years, observations showed that it is used by a few people. This study empirically investigated the usage of Khudze Multipurpose ...

Telecentres aim to bridge digital divides between rural and urban communities. In many developing countries, like Malawi, the assumption is that once telecentres are established, people will adopt them. The purpose of the ...