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    Cultural and Linguistic Localization of the Virtual Shop-Owner Interfaces of ECommerce Platforms for Rural Development
    (University of Fort Hare, 2009-11) Dyakalashe, Siyabulela
    The introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for rural development in rural marginalized societies is vastly growing. However, the success of developing and deploying ICT related services is still in question as influential factors such as adaptability, scalability, sustainability, and usability have great effect on the rate of growth of ICTs in rural environments. The problem is that these ICT services should be maintained and sustained by the targeted communities. The main cause for rural marginalization is the fact that some communities situated in rural settings are educationally challenged and computer illiterate or semiliterate in comparison with urban communities.