JOHANNESBURG – Vodacom Limpopo Region, in partnership with Google South Africa, will give hundreds of residents with Android powered smartphones at no cost in eleven villages across the Limpopo province. This forms part of Vodacom and Google’s continued efforts to reduce the digital divide and offer many who reside in deep rural communities in Limpopo province access to the internet for the first time so they too can reap the benefits of digital transformation.
The lack of access to fast mobile networks and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) tools such as computers and the latest smartphones are some of the key barriers that have excluded many people in remote areas of the country from playing an active role in the Digital Economy. The provision of smartphones by Vodacom Limpopo Region and Google South Africa in deep rural communities where the Region has deployed 3G and 4G networks will drive digital adoption to people who need it the most.
Vodacom has partnered with Google to give away hundreds of Android-powered smartphones to communities across Limpopo, South Africa.
This move forms part of the companies continued efforts to “reduce the digital divide” and offer many who reside in deep rural communities “access to the internet for the first time”.
“At Vodacom we are optimistic about how technology and connectivity can enhance the future and improve people’s lives. Through our business, we aim to build a digital society that transforms communities, embraces everyone, leaving no one behind. Our purpose is to ‘connect for a better future’, improving the lives of the next 100 million customers by 2025,” says Imran Khan, Managing Executive for Vodacom Limpopo.
We Won t Return To Ibadan Shasha Market Again Victims Of Yoruba/Hausa Clash
According to the victims, the market space is not big enough for them to trade and their Yoruba hosts are also frustrating them.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 18, 2021
Some victims of the crisis in Shasha market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State have said they will reject any attempt by the state government to return them to the area to continue their trade.
According to the victims, the market space is not big enough for them to trade and their Yoruba hosts are also frustrating them.