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- ACWICT has been recognized by the United Nations Fund
for International Partnership (UNFIP) as a key contact
in Africa for bridging the gender digital divide through
strategic partnerships.
- In September 2003, ACWICT’s Project, AgriTradeKenya
(ATK) was voted one of the most promising social-enterprise
in the category of ICTs, Agriculture and Rural Development
by the Digital Partners Social Enterprise Laboratories
(SEL) program from a group of 130 entrants worldwide.
Digital Partners is a non-profit organization based
in the United States. The organization works to alleviate
poverty on a global scale through deployment of technology
to assist development efforts.
- ACWICT’s communiqué provided a blueprint that
informed Kenya government’s national ICT policy
on gender.
- Pioneered the successful implementation of the Gender
and Governance Programme (GGP) by designing a website
hence providing a platform for women leaders to share
ideas. GGP is an initiative mooted under the auspices
of the United Nations Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
- Successful design and launch of USAWA, an E-newsletter
for the Gender and Governance Programme.
- In 2007, profiled 600 women aspirants for the presidential,
parliamentary and civic elecyions. The profiles were
disseminated through the Gender and Governance Programme
website.
- ACWICT is a steering committee member of the Open
Knowledge Network (OKN) initiative in Kenya and the
Kenya World Summit on the Information Society Civil
Society Caucus.
- ACWICT was identified as a key strategic partner and
participant in the business incubation in Kenya and,
through its Executive Director, sits on the ICT Technical
Committee of the Kenya Kountry Business Incubator [
KeKoBi]
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