eCare: eCommerce & Renewable Energy

"...e-Commerce And Renewable Energy (eCARE) seeks to accelerate the diffusion of access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that are powered by renewable and cleaner energy systems in rural communities of Ghana. A major obstacle to the diffusion of ICTs outside Ghana’s largest cities is the lack of reliable energy supply in rural and remote areas. Indeed, given the reliance of most ICTs on electricity, the “digital divide” is largely a side effect of a more fundamental “electricity divide”..."