Technology transfer for development.

DrikTAP was the largest node in Toolnet, a network for small scale development projects setup with the idea of fostering the exchange of information, experiences, expertise and solutions to technical problems between southern partners. DrikTAP was set up in early 1994 and has provided multifunctional electronic mail to link field workers, local organizations, technological institutions, international development organizations, activist organisations as well as governments, educational institutions and individuals. This allowed organisations in Latin America, Africa and Asia to communicate via off-line email to each other and to national and international networks. DrikTAP, the node in Bangladesh, helped introduce full-fledged internet in Bangladesh and was the initiator of new media activism in the country.