There have been 4 countries ordering OLPC laptops

A spokesperson for the Project Every Child Laptop (OLPC) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced yesterday that as of July 31, all four countries have ordered such products as Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina and Thailand. Each country registered 1 million units.

A spokesperson for the Project Every Child Laptop (OLPC) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced yesterday that as of July 31, all four countries have ordered such products as Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina and Thailand. Each country registered 1 million units.

Many mass media reported last week that Nigeria was the first country to order 1 million laptops, and some said that the African country ordered only about $ 1 million or about 10,000 laptops.

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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan personally introduced a laptop with 100 USD.Photo: Reuters

Khaled Hassounah, OLPC Regional Project Manager for Middle East and Africa, told DesktopLinux.com on July 31 that Nigeria has ordered 1 million laptops of this type and revealed more information about Brazil, Argentina and Thailand has also signed similar contracts.

Other countries, if in need, can also order, according to Hassounah Director.

OLPC is a cooperative program with governments to distribute millions of low-cost $ 100-140 laptops, full-featured and running Linux operating systems, to children of developing countries all over the world. world.

Update 25 May 2019
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