Interactive Business Information Technology, IBIT Consultancy is a charitable Information Technology (IT) Consulting Organization. Aiming at helping students, staff and other small entrepreneurs grow with aid of IT resources and expertise at a break even, markup price, (to meet expenses in service delivery excluding labor charge). Currently our main target beneficiaries are college/ tertiary education students through provision of brand new laptops at a cost price payable in installment. Building Digital Repositories in Secondary Schools through usage of open source systems.(Dspace) to bridge the main study text material gap.

Laptop/notebook computer machines are quite useful on college level academic work. Most students in African colleges, Malawi in particular struggle with the use of unreliable second hand (used)  laptops.  This is mainly attributed to lack of enough financial capital, which results into students procuring second/ 4th hand laptop machine. Used laptops seem relatively cheaper, but expensive in a long run due to frequent maintenance and becomes expensive overtime, adds to academic pressure as laptops may die during assignments writing, frustrates students and gives a sense of insecurity which derives focus from academic work. Read more facts on this.

Objectives

To help student concentrate and easy the academic work pressure through provision of  reliable Information Communication Technology based study support materials.

Reduce poor students performance in Secondary schools attributed to lack of reference study materials main books. Through provision of alternative unlimited multiple access to books by use of digital text local area network libraries. Powered by open source systems that are cost effective and sustainable.

Promote and motivate Kindergarten level students towards Science and Mathematics to unearth innovative ideas towards the same through usage of kids friendly Inspiring Technologies such as 3D Pens.

Reduce the amount of College students’ expenditure on electronics repair costs, by providing free technical support four years warranty on all new sold machines, which will cover the entire college study period.

Reduce greenhouse effect attributed to the high rate of improper disposal of dead electronic machines, as the new machines life span will be prolonged.

Set a model that will champion future decision making towards buying electronics in student. Through enabling access to brand new electronics mindset to students. Which will likely foster and motivate, the future graduates to opt for new products. Setting a benchmark of acceptable standard in decision making.

Possibly towards the reduction rate of laptops theft by introducing price comparative aspect with new related pricing products, to halt the second hand laptops demand. The second hand laptops market growth is fueling theft of the same.

Our Strategies and Tactics

Participatory approach, the beneficiaries will be involved in several project after undergoing training on related project’s subject areas.

Low cost solutions,  For example use of volunteers in shipping purchased laptop computers from western countries and china.  To Malawi and resale to students and faculty at an affordable price with an extended warranty.

Networking, collaborating with other organizations with similar objectives such as Malawi Library Association, Higher Education Board etc.

Innovative applications based on available local resources, for example Using a single desktop as a server and wireless routers to run open source digital repository server  to setup a digital library and broadcast to all students around campus enabling unlimited  multiple access to scarce resources such as books.

Applying research based solution

The current kids projects encompass drawing of  different toys using 3D pens and  referencing shapes and behavior to basic science related concepts.