Aptivate is a UK based NGO and not-for-profit organisation. 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.[1][2]
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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.[3]
History
- Awarded £75,000 DTI SMART Award.
- Loband (then called Aidbase) pilot project in Kenya.
- Aidworld begins the Email Service project with ARM, BBC and BT.
- Loband version 2 implemented.
- The email service (later rebranded as Enclusion) launches at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunisia.
- Publishes guidelines for low bandwidth friendly websites.
- Aidworld renamed Aptivate.
- Network for Information and Digital Access (NIDA) Website Launch
- INASP-backed web design guidelines produced.[4]
- Interface project for UNFAO and WHO's research access programmes commences.
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