Apropraite Technology – Square Watermelons right from the farm !!

Who says farmers do not have initiatives. They can be excellent researcher if they choose to be.

A round watermelon takes a lot of space when in the fridge. Usually, because of their round shape, they sit awkwardly on the shelves of refridgerators, or even when on a table.

Smart Japanese farmers have found a way out of this problem. They force their watermelons to grow into square shapes .. meeting market expectations. You want to know how they do this? Come back later for the information.

 

TWO STOREY – FOUR BEDROOM HOUSE WITH GARAGE AND QUARTERS FOR SALE

A mud house with thatched roof is a very common thing in the countryside. A storey building in such settings is for the rich. This one was captured in a village with a story that it was up for sale. The owner may be looking for money to start a “new farm.”

Specifications

• Two storey
• Four Bedroom
• Three Bath House
• Upstairs Family Room allows for additional privacy.
• Downstairs Bedroom can serve as a Guest Room or may be converted into a study.
• Domestic Quarters access the kitchen area through a service courtyard.
• Fully fenced plot with ample Gardening and Landscaping areas.

 

 

Other information

Plot Area 80′ X 100′

GroundFloor 235 square meters

First Floor 186 square meters

Garage / Quarters 90 square meters

Total Area 511 square meters

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For price and other conditions please call the owner.

No agents are required and you must exhibit the ability to pay.

Offer is limited to only Ghanaians living abroad.

Wish you all the best.

 

ACCASI Club in School

ICT is not only the for schooled. The unschooled also have the opportunity to interface with ICT … but at least they should have some training. They should at least know what the tools are to be able to use them effectively. This is what GINKS did it its reserch project at Ekumfi Atakwaa. The test group was called ACCASI – (Atakwaa Community Center for Agri-info Sharing through ICT). The name is self explanatoty. To be able to use the tools effectively, there was the need to take the club members who were mosly uneducated adults between the ages of 45 and 50, through an adult literacy programme. They were trained in how to read the vernacular for that community – Fante. The faciltator was Teacher Isaac, also from the community.

This video shows one of the class session. They are going through spelling and reading two and three letter words. The video is in the Fante language. Enjoy it

 

Simpa Open at the Beach

Five days continous training, 8.30am till long after 6 pm is a real tough agenda. The group decided with the organisers to have some time off on Sunday to release some of the built up tension. Some of the participants took the opportunity to do laundry. Others just relaxed at their hostels. Some of them also took the opportunity to go to the beach to spend some time there.

It’s amazing what one can capture with a small digital camera. The temptation to capture some of the natural beautiful scenes was just too great to overcome. Curtesy, the ginks‘ little digital camera, let me bring you some to the scenes at the beach.

Enjoy

 

DAY 3 – Wireless Networking Workshop Turns into Wired Networking Workshop

The Winneba Open Digital Village (WODiV) in collaboration with the Ghana Information Network for Knowledge Sharing (GINKS) and Wirless Ghana is organising a 10-days technical training in Wireless Networking at the digital village in Winneba termed the SIMPA OPEN SUMMIT. Today is the third day of the of the workshop. It has turned out to be a very interesting day. This whole day is planned for the Configuration of Network Securities on a wireless Access Point. The first part of the day went very well – theory on the various network securities on a wireless networt. The second part of the day was to be for the practical hands-on. After a very heavy meal of Fufu with goat light Soup, Ampesi with kontomire or garden egg stew, Fried or Plain rice with chicken or fish (curtesy Cindy and Barbara, our cooks), we were all set for the serious practical work of configuring securities on our already set up Linksys wireless routers … but oh, this was not to be.

The instructor, Victor, offered to demonstrate briefly how to make a Cat 5 network cable for those who did not know how these cables are terminated. This turned the whole workshop into a Wired training, instead of the original wireless one. Termination of cables took the rest of the day. Victor tried serveral times to move the group back to the wireless stage but this was not to be. The participants were all engrossed deeply with the termination of their cables; they were not even hearing what Victor was saying.

Well what can we say??? Wireless turned Wired …. “but hey, they are all networking, Abi !!!, says one Nigerian Participant.

Check on the Photos

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Welcome to my Blog

Hi all

This is just to welcome you to my blog. I intend to give you as much information as I can put together in ICT4D with special emphasis on Rural Development. I will be doing more in the area of ICTs in Agriculture. Additionally, I will be putting up general information on ICT’s that I find interesting ……. well if you don’t agree an article is interesting, you are free to send your comment. I will try and bring up the ICTs in the common happenings that is always around us daily …… Oh I will try !!!!! Let me caution though that I will not entertain any bad language.

And Oh!!! Please Let me warn you that I am not a very good writer so please don’t judge me on the flare of my writing. I will try and do my best.

Once again, You are most welcome to my blog. Enjoy.

 

Hello world!

Hello World … I am here, …….. and to stay this time.  There has been many attempts, which have always ended in somthing else.  Hey people, please help me to be up to date this time …

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