Boitumelo Limbane
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Ice task one – The digital divide of Pretoria
The communities of the Pretoria have always had an issue when coming to the school kids in the rural areas. Children never had the privilege to carry around proper textbooks and have proper classes like those who were to school in the suburbs of Pretoria. The company Hauwei have decided to bridge the digital divide in the schools, where students have received free access to uncapped Wi-Fi and 3G internet connection in conjunction with 88000 tablets. The contribution made by the company made has formed part of the E-learning solution. Besides the young children in the community the Wi-Fi has impacted the lives of the community positively in the sense of, data has always been a struggle whereas not many could afford to purchase it. It was said by the mayor that purpose of having Wi-Fi installed in the communities is to encourage the people to take advantage of the information age. The mayor also feels it is a great way of decreasing the unemployment rate in sense of community members applying for jobs the means of Wi-Fi. It is the perfect facility to have because the product allows people to access the information they need.
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