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Just got some good news from the official Google blog about my home country of Rwanda. Google Apps Education Edition is now being offered to students in three different universities. The National University of Rwanda, the Kigali Institute for Education and the Kigali Institute for Science and Technology will now have access to what perhaps is Google’s best educational tool. Kenya also didn’t miss out - the University of Nairobi - as well as other universities will also get it.

This partnership will be a boost in terms of services offered to our Rwandan Academic Institutions, allowing them to collaborate in their learning activities. Furthermore, I believe communication between students and their lecturers will be enhanced as users throughout the country will now be using the same state-of-the-art, cutting edge technology that is available in other parts of the world.

This deal includes Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk, Google Page Creator and Google Docs & Spreadsheets. All of them hosted by Google and can accessed on any web-based PC. This will undoubtedly increase communication between teachers and students. Giving the much needed one-on-one time that these students need.

This is a big deal for me considering I would have never thought that a big company like Google would invest in my home country. This just shows how much we’ve managed to rebuild after the genocide. I am not the only one excited about this however Scott Chacon also has high hopes for this new partnership.

Thank You