One Laptop per Child targets Middle East and E Africa

The partnership between One Laptop per Child (OLPC) and the East African Community (EAC) aims to deliver 30 million laptops in the region by 2015. OLPC has also announced a partnership with a UN agency which aims to deliver 500,000 machines in the Middle East. Both the UN agency and the EAC first need to raise cash for the laptops. The two groups aim to find donors to help pay for the machines, which currently sell for more than $200, despite intentions to sell them for less.