Geekcorps draws on a database of more than 3,500 technical experts to
transfer the technical skills required for communities to be digitally independent: able to
create and expand private enterprise with innovative, appropriate, and affordable information
and communication technology (ICT).
Each program is designed and implemented to
achieve the overriding goal of IESC Geekcorps—to promote stability and prosperity in the
developing world through ICT.Geekcorps Director Speaking at ICT@Grassroots Panel Today
25th April 2007 in News, Mali by Geekcorps
Geekcorps Director Wayan Vota will be one of three speakers featured at the ICT@Grassroots Panel today at the Peace Corps headquarters in Washington D.C. The purpose of the event is to discuss a variety of projects and programs aimed specifically at reducing the costs of access to computers and communications technologies for clients in developing countries. Mr. Vota will discuss Geekcorps’ activities in providing low-cost computing solutions for developing countries and will specifically highlight Geekcorps activities in Mali.
IESC Geekcorps’ program in Mali has been highlighted in a Volunteers for Prosperity (VfP) video, see it below! The video features Geekcorps Country Director Matt Berg who discusses a variety of the innovative Geekcorps technologies and initiatives that have been implemented in Mali such as the 
In Volunteer For Prosperity’s 2006 Annual Report, Geekcorps volunteer Lado Kenyi, a research scholar at the University of Maryland at College Park, is featured (see page 14 of the annual report). Lado discovered a volunteer opportunity in his country of origin through IESC Geekcorps’ Sudanese North American Diaspora Database, or SNADD.
The Smart Technology for a Smarter Business Program is a highly practical training curriculum that enables small business owners and managers to build smarter businesses with technology. Unlike traditional training experiences that focus on either technology or business, the program targets the integration of both. Multi-faceted, innovative, and experiential, the program addresses 19 different business topics, in 5 different languages, and includes case scenarios, virtual entrepreneurs, technology demos and activities, facilitated discussions, and computer-based simulations. It introduces up-to-date technologies in the marketplace that are accessible worldwide.
Today, VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, announced its continued cooperation with Geekcorps to empower people living in remote desert communities in Mali through the deployment of innovative, adaptable, and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT).
