| ALPID | Youth Leadership Program for Information and Communication Technologies and Community Development in Africa |
| AMREF | African Medical Relief Foundation |
| ATPS | African Technology Policy Studies network |
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| CBO | community-based organization |
| CEBIK | Centre for Business Information in Kenya |
| CIC | communication and information centre |
| CPE | customer-premises equipment |
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| DHL | Document Handling Limited |
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| EAHD | East Africa Help Desk [Uganda] |
| ENSC | Electronic Network Support Centre |
| EPC | Export Promotion Council [Kenya] |
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| FEW | frontline extension worker |
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| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GMPCS | global mobile personal communication system |
| GTZ | Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (agency for technical cooperation) |
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| IAP | Internet access provider |
| ICIPE | International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology |
| ICTs | information and communication technologies |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| ISP | Internet service provider |
| ISUGA | Internet Society of Uganda |
| IT | information technology |
| ITSA | Information Technology Standards Association [Kenya] |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
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| kbps | kilobits per second |
| KES | Kenyan shilling(s) |
| KNCCI | Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| KPTC | Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation |
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| LAN | local-area network |
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| MUKLA | Makerere University, Kampala [Uganda] |
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| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
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| PC | personal computer |
| PoP | point of presence |
| PRA | participatory rural appraisal |
| PSTN | public switched telecommunication network |
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| RRA | rapid rural appraisal |
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| SMEs | small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SMS | subject-matter specialist |
| SSA | sub-Saharan Africa |
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| TSPA | Telecommunication Sector Policy Announcement [Uganda] |
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| UPTC | Uganda Posts and Telecommunication Corporation [now Uganda Telecom Ltd] |
| USAP | University Students Attachment Programme [ICIPE Science Press] |
| USD | United States dollar(s) |
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| VAT | value-added tax |
| VCR | videocassette recorder |
| VSAT | very small aperture terminal |
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| WFP | World Food Programme |
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| YOCO–ICT | Youth Community for Information and Communication Technology [hypothetical] |
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