Dell South Africa recently announced and unveiled its ninth solar-powered classroom learning lab.
The opening of the lab at Waverley Girls’ High will provide world-class technology and connectivity to hundreds of girls from communities in Alexandra, Hillbrow and surrounding areas.
Part of Dell’s 2020 Legacy of Good Plan, which aims to put its technology and expertise to work where it can do the most good for people and the planet, the labs provide direct technology access to more than 5 000 underprivileged students in communities where technology infrastructure is limited. The partnership with Waverley Girls’ High is one of the projects Dell and Sci-Bono have collaborated on.
The learning labs are constructed inside standard shipping containers, using Dell’s Wyse thin client computers and Dell PowerEdge Servers to create a computer-empowered learning space. Solar panels take care of power requirements, while the computers use cloud technologies to run the latest Windows Office systems. The setup is also highly efficient, with each workstation requiring less than seven watts of power as opposed to 180 watts for a typical personal computer.
“Providing world-class education is an ongoing challenge across the developing world. Education is too important, which is why Dell takes this challenge very seriously,” said Natasha Reuben, head of transformation at Dell South Africa.
“We believe that access to education and technology is not a luxury, but a necessity.”
