MTDS is an information technology and development consulting firm that has contributed to IT activities in more than 20 countries in Africa and the developing world over the last 15 years.
Founded in 1993, MTDS specializes in Information Communication Technology applications for economic and social development initiatives or ICT for Development. In the 90’s when Internet began transforming communications and economies worldwide, MTDS was at the forefront of establishing Internet access in Africa and promoting free market competition within the Internet services sector. MTDS engineers were essential to the inauguration of eight Internet Gateways in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1997-2002 financed by the US Government sponsored Leland Initiative , a five-year and $15 million effort to extend full Internet connectivity to twenty-one African countries. In more recent years, the company has focused its expertise on applying technology based solutions to social challenges including improving the quality and relevance of education, promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration among civil society organizations and their partners, raising awareness on human rights via the production of innovative multimedia content and supporting reform using online training solutions to update development partners’ knowledge and skills.