Rwanda: Social Media - What Can Be Learned From Village Urugwiro

In the drive to turn Rwanda into a regional ICT hub, the government wants the public sector to spearhead the use of technology - from to internet to social media such as Twitter and Facebook. As a result, almost all public institutions have a presence online, from the President's Office over ministries down to all the 30 districts of Rwanda.

But if you visit the districts' websites, you'll notice that some of them aren't regularly updated. And even some ministries are lagging behind in this respect.

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