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BigBlueButton -- Open Source Web Conferencing | www.bigbluebutton.org Cryptocat List of ICT4D organizations This is a list of organisations that claim to work in the field of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4Dev). The sections below show two separate classifications: organisations founded specifically with the sole purpose of engaging in ICT4Dev activities (i.e. activities that benefit the poorest people in the world)commercial companies with ICT4Dev activities, which may be seen as marketing or corporate social responsibility exercises. Founded for ICT4Dev[edit] UN ICT Task Force[edit] In 2001 the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force was formed to address a variety of ICT4Dev topics. In November 2002, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a call for Silicon Valley to create the computers and communications systems that would enable villages to leapfrog several generations of technology and enter the Information Age directly.[1] This would provide the technical basis for WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) discussions.

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