UNESCO has accumulated significant experience in facilitating the development of some key software tools. These tools are distributed free-of-charge and the objective is to empower the users by giving them access to some key technology for development and knowledge sharing that most of them otherwise could not afford. The development model is based upon international cooperation and the software tools are continuously enriched, modified and updated with the co-operation of a community of experts more...

This is a description of Dabba, a company providing appropriate telephone services in South Africa. The company combines low cost wireless routers, open source software, connectivity to the major telecom provider networks, and an innovative business model. Steve Song, Many Possibilities, March 5, 2008.