The North West Business Enterprise (NWBE) was established in 1989 in the United Kingdom, as a company limited by guarantee to carry out specific projects to assist the Black and other minority groups, and disadvantaged inner city individuals and businesses. The organisation was funded and supported by the U.K Government Agencies Merseyside Task Force and Merseyside Development Corporation, and Matan & Partners Ltd. NWBE is now a charity with specific purpose of assisting the socially excluded groups in the United Kingdom and in Africa. The Trustees of NWBE, as individuals from private and public sectors, have been involved in local community, voluntary and charitable organisations in United Kingdom and internationally for many years. They are aware of the social exclusion issues within the United Kingdom in general, the depravity and the needs of the socially excluded groups in Africa, and they have extensive knowledge and contacts in these areas.
'Computers for Africa was a scheme developed by Dr. Emmanuel Matan in 1997. The idea came as a result of the U.K Government commitment to connect all schools, libraries, and public centres to the Internet. It was felt that knowledge gap between the developed and developing countries was getting wider, and the rural communities in the developing countries could be assisted to leapfrog this apparent knowledge gap by the use of information technology. The Digital Divide between the developed and the developing countries is serious and real, but far more serious for our target groups within Africa. Our main aim was to enable the poorest of the poor in Africa to have access to computer technology, which would enable them to access maistream provisions from Governments & NGOs.
The North West Business Enterprise
Matan International Group
Royal Liver Building
Pier Head
Liverpool. L3 1JH
England, UK
Email: nwbe@matan.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 7860 530873
NWBE welcomes partnership and joint venture arrangements with other Charities, Social Enterprise, Community Groups, Public and Private sector organisations.
