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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] Aptivate is a member of the Humanitarian Centre. 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 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-backed web design guidelines produced.[4] Interface project for UNFAO and WHO's research access programmes commences. |
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