What is Aptivate?
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}} '''Aptivate''' is an [[NGO]] and [[Non-profit organization|not-for-profit organisation]] based in the [[United Kingdom]]. Aptivate combines good ideas from the commercial software businesses and international development organizations. It makes ICT services to improve communication for communities that do not have good access to the Internet. Aptivate made the [[open source]] website service called ''Loband''. The company started on 1 December 2002 with the name ''Aidworld''. It changed its name to Aptivate in December 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aptivate.org/News.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009165824/http://www.aptivate.org/News.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2007 |title=Aptivate news site |publisher=Aptivate.org |date=1 December 2004 |access-date=29 April 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bond.org.uk/database/members/default.asp?strRequest=memberdetails&intOrgID=3748 |title=BOND Directory |publisher=Bond.org.uk |access-date=29 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Aptivate is a member of [[the Humanitarian Centre]]. ==Loband== Loband was developed in 2004. Loband simplifies web pages so they download faster over slow Internet connections. This is very useful in poor countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aptivate.org/Projects.Loband.html |title=The Loband Project |publisher=Aptivate.org |access-date=29 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330225600/http://www.aptivate.org/Projects.Loband.html |archive-date=30 March 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Loband was originally named ''Aidbase''. == History == Aptivate was called Aidworld. It was founded in 2002. Two aid workers in [[Nepal]] started the company. They were working for the [[United Nations]] High Commissioner for Refugees. They had experienced communications problems in [[Developing country|developing countries]]. They tried to find a way to improve communications. They work