------ Forwarded Message From: "Vinton G. Cerf" <vinton.g.cerf@xxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:40:23 -0500 To: farber david <farber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: FW: Development Gateway Award: Dave, Something you might consider putting out on Interesting People. Vint Vinton Cerf, SVP Technology Strategy, MCI 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 Ashburn, VA 20147 +1 703 886 1690, +1 703 886 0047 fax vinton.g.cerf@xxxxxxx Deadline Extended in $100,000 Development Gateway Award Global Competition to Recognize Information Technology¹s Role in Development February 15, 2005 The Development Gateway Foundation is extending the deadline in its global competition to reward outstanding achievement in using information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve people¹s lives in developing countries. The new deadline for this year¹s $100,000 Development Gateway Award is March 15. ³This competition is a global search for excellence, and we are taking every measure to find the highest-impact application of ICT to win this award,² said Development Gateway Chief Executive Officer Alan J. Rossi. ³Then in June, we will profile the winner and runners-up to demonstrate for all to see the results that can be achieved using ICT to improve people¹s lives.² This year, as the number of Internet users worldwide surpasses the 1 billion mark, about half of those users will be in developing countries. ³I strongly believe that access to ICT can change the lives of the poor dramatically, if we can ensure access to ICT for the poor,² said Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2004 award. Grameen Bank-Village Phone was chosen from over 200 nominees for the 2004 Development Gateway Award, then known as the Petersberg Prize. The award recognized Grameen¹s innovation in combining microfinance and mobile telephone service to help create a new class of women entrepreneurs in Bangladesh who raised themselves from poverty while providing rural villages with essential communication services. For the 2005 competition, please go to www.developmentgateway.org/award <http://www.developmentgateway.org/award> for more information and nomination forms. Nominations already submitted can continue to be updated at this site. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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