Summary of hindrances

In some cases the technology was a limiting factor to the projects efficiency and reach. We can note this is influenced by two factors; On the one hand there were occasions when there was not enough equipment, a hindrance that could have been addressed by increased resourcing. On the other hand there were limits imposed by the poor infrastructure, although these were less of an obstacle than might previously been thought (e.g. Gyandoot describes ongoing problems with telephone connections).

Table Summary of technology and infrastructure hindrances

Name of Study	Not enough or poor quality equipment	Poor ICT infrastructure (restricting efficacy)
ACISAM	x	x
KUMINFO	x	x
MIGIS	x	x
FOOD (ecommerce)		x
Deniva	x	x
Gyandoot (egovernance)		x
MANAGE (microcredit and extension)		x
Global Voices	x
CARDIN
UDS	x	x
Revistazo		x
Digital Village

Regarding socio-economics, there is a much wider range of hindrances although there are interesting common elements.

Table Summary of socio-economic hindrances

Issue	Examples
Language	CARDIN required 4 languages; Digital Village, Gyandoot, MANAGE, UDS, users would benefit from more content in local languages
Illiteracy	Gyandoot, MIGIS – partly overcome by use of icons
Self esteem of users	ACISAM, Gyandoot, Global Voices, MANAGE - a belief that they do not have the capacity to use technology, particularly women.
Social power conflicts in Users	ACISAM, FOOD, Revistazo – traditional holders of power threatened by innovations
Organisational Capacity of target group	CARDIN, UDS, MIGIS, Revistazo – matching goals to staff capacity
Donor reluctance (funding ICT actvities)	CARDIN – funding delays, Deniva, Revistazo – lack of willingness for donors to fund ICT support activities
Security and theft	Digital Village, failure of other centres due to theft
Loss of technical personnel	Digital Village, UDS continually lose trained technical people
Lack of technical personnel	Deniva, UDS – lack of technical capacity in organisation, KUMINFO lack of technical capacity among users
Low purchasing power of users	Digital Village, Gyandoot, UDS

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