ICTs and Rural Women Operates a telecenter Provides the communications access Her telecenter becomes: Link to communicate Teachers, farmers, health workers, artisans New business plan

Women Owned/Operated CAMEROON GCNet Woman owned and operated ISP Business customers University, schools Womens groups Rural co-ops TANZANIA Telecom, ISP Womens organizations Professional associations Refugee centers remote

Strategy Rural networks go to scale Shared networks, multi-sector and user Take the Internet... Multipoint networks peri-urban, rural Cluster of villages, communities, sites Remote stand-alone, satellite access

Models POWER Off - grid On - grid BANDWIDTH Off - net On - net