The training was conducted within 12 sectors of Rubavu district. Beneficiaries were trained to use smartphones and computers, requesting services available online from government institutions like payment of Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9 among others. <\/p>\n
Marie Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Mukakinani representing women in Bugeshi sector lauded offered pieces of training but requested support to get smartphones and increasing telecommunications towers to upgrade the network. <\/p>\n
\u201c We were trained that we can currently use smartphones to get services that would only access after long distances to service centers. We can pay for Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9, see examinations results, pay school fees and taxes but we have problems of inadequate means to afford smartphones. They are expensive,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
In response to her concerns, Minister Paula promised them smartphones and increasing towers. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou are going to be facilitated to own smartphones. We shall work with SACCOs so that you can get them on loan and pay Rwf 5000 per month for the period of two years. We want people equipped with technology from wherever,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Ingabire explained that they will keep close collaboration with partners to increase towers to fast track the target of speeding up development. <\/p>\n
The Minister of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), Solina Nyirahabimana urged women to pass acquired knowledge to others. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Women are set to get smartphones on loan to be paid for in two years. This has been revealed today by the Minister for ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire as she concluded a 3-day training on ICT for 1500 women from Rubavu district. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[218],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-38968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-alcade-ndemeye"],"bylines":[{"id":218,"name":"Alcade Ndemeye","slug":"alcade-ndemeye","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":51}],"contributors":[{"id":218,"name":"Alcade Ndemeye","slug":"alcade-ndemeye","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":51}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=38968"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=38968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}