In an effort to help bridge the digital divide, Advanced Micro Devices will sell 100,000 low-cost PCs in Mauritius, said Imi Mosaheb, AMD's sales and marketing manager for South Africa.

"As from the end of September, a first batch of low-cost PCs will probably be put on the market, if everything goes as planned," Mosaheb announced at the opening of Infotech 2008, an annual IT event held in Pailles, Mauritius.

The Mauritius Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications and AMD signed a memorandum of understanding pertaining to the project on Wednesday.

The deal aims to bring down the price of computers (including CPU, keyboard, screen and mouse) to below 10,000 Mauritius rupees (US$383). A PC in Mauritius currently costs at least double that price.........


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