Aptivate is a UK based NGO and not-for-profit organisation

Non-profit organization

Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

. 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.

Aptivate is a member of the Humanitarian Centre

The Humanitarian Centre

The Humanitarian Centre is a Cambridge-based hub organization which works to bring together local humanitarian organisations and societies, providing a local network and resources...

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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.

History

2004

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

2005

• 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
  INASP
  The International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications was established in 1992 by the International Council for Science to "improve access to information and knowledge through a commitment to capacity building in emerging and developing countries."-See also:*Open Access Scholarly...
  
  -backed web design guidelines produced.
• Interface project for UNFAO and WHO
  Who
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  's research access programmes commences.

External links

• engineers without borders uk
• ictupdate
• ITU partners
• Bridging the Global Digital Divide