Sesigo Project to enhance ICT

Government in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will install computers and internet services in local libraries in a joint project launched at the Gaborone public library on Friday.

The advocacy and outreach specialist for African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (ACHAP), Tshepo Maswabi said the project was aimed at bridging the digital gap. 

She said the programme is going to position libraries as necessary tools for access to e-government services.

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