OLPC XOs reach Rwanda

500 donated XOs have been distributed to Rwandan school children this week, reports AllAfrica.com.

“The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Theoneste Mutsindashyaka, thanked President Paul Kagame for liaising with his friend Nicolae Negroponte, the proprietor of OLPC project, who offered Rwanda’s education sector the Laptops.

“This is a very remarkable day in the records of the Rwandan education sector and the country as a whole. The 5000 laptop computers donated to us, are going to greatly impact education here. This has been possible due to the president’s initiative,” said Mutsindashyaka.”

All donated, and all quite welcome I’m sure.

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