Aptivate

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Aptivate is a UK based NGO and not-for-profit organisation. It provides IT services for international development. It is notable for developing the open-source Loband website service. Formed on 1 December 2003; until December 2006 it was known as Aidworld.[1][2]

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[edit] Loband

Originally named Aidbase, developed in 2004, Loband is a service that simplifies web pages allowing them to download faster over slow Internet connections, particularly those in poor countries.[3]

[edit] History

2004

  • Awarded £75,000 DTI SMART Award.
  • Loband (then called Aidbase) pilot project in Kenya.

2005

  • Aidworld begins the Email Service project with ARM, BBC and BT.
  • Loband version 2 implemented.
  • The email service (later rebranded as Enclusion) launches at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.

2006

  • Publishes guidelines for low bandwidth friendly websites.
  • Aidworld renamed Aptivate.

2007

  • Network for Information and Digital Access (NIDA) Website Launch
  • INASP-backed web design guidelines produced.[4]
  • Interface project for UNFAO and WHO's research access programmes commences.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Aptivate news site
  2. ^ BOND Directory
  3. ^ The Loband Project
  4. ^ low bandwidth web design guide

[edit] External links