The event took place on May 4th, 2013 at a cyber café in Nyamirambo, Rwanda, and provided 25 daily attendees and 6 NGO members free and low-cost access to computers and the internet. The goal was to help local youth and community members learn digital skills and use information communication technologies for job applications, schoolwork, and communication as not everyone can afford smartphones or cyber café prices. Attendees were able to access email, learn computer skills, and find online job opportunities which has helped many youth gain employment and start small businesses.

1. • Goal: Achieving broad social-economic objectives in employment and social
development
• Location: Cyber Café in the Kigali suburb Nyamirambo
• Date: 4th
May 2013
• Name: UWIMANA Dominique
• Country: Rwanda
• Attendees: 25 daily attendees
• Members of the NGO: 6

2. Development of the event
Type: Providing public access to information and communication
technology.
In my local community, not everyone has a smart phone, not
everyone can afford the prices in a cyber café, and not everyone
knows how to use computers. Many young people finished
school and need the knowledge to use ICTs for job applications,
job tests and at their future work. Kids also hear the word new
technologies but do not know what to make of them. It is time
for all of those people to satisfy their needs to free
communication technology.

3. Development of the event
How: they come, ask questions, touch the tools, use them for short time
for free, get interested to continue and come back to use them for cheap
price.
Added value: they can access E-Mail for free, those with internet-capable
phones learn also how to use internet on theirs phones, the kids get free
basic computer skills (i.e. MS word)

4. Organization of the event - Agenda
Morning: Kids who go to schools in the afternoon
Youth who needs to access their E-mail accounts
Youth who want to learn how to look for a job using the internet
People who need to make copies, scans or prints

5. Afternoon: kids who do morning classes
Youth who want to learn how to scanners, copy machines, or printers
Evening: youth who want to learn how to manage a cyber café to work in.
Organization of the event - Agenda

6. Youth are connected to a wide job market: Youth know now where, when
and how to apply for a job through jobs advert websites and chat rooms
Youth know now how to use computer preparing their documents for job
applications
Youth who did computer sciences in schools continue the practice
Organization of the event - Results

7. Youth can now present enough printed documents required to job
applications
Kids learn something instead of running on the streets during free time.
People can access easily the services like copy, print scan, internet and do
not walk 2 km any more.
Organization of the event - Results

8. Highlighted part: the kids fighting to touch the keyboard and write.
Organization of the event - Results

9. Personal result: I get support to raise my adoptive children.
Organization of the event - Results

10. Needs of local youth
Most young Rwandans are still not aware of the available ICTs and their
benefits.
Youth lack: up-to-date computer skills, knowledge to get online services,
entrepreneurship, competitiveness,

11. Solutions offered by the cyber
Many young people are getting jobs because of online applications
Many can buy online services like electricity, money transfers etc.
Many are having ideas about running small businesses like cyber café, and
computer learning centers

12. Change evidences
Written testimonials: