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Further, the study examined the effects of demographic characteristics and location on telecentre usage.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nDesign\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title>\nThe study used a sequential mixed research design in three rural districts surrounding telecentres: Kongwa, Sengerema and Kilosa districts. The study population comprised rural women who were users and non-users of telecentres. The study conducted six focus group discussions (FGDs) with 37 users and six FGDs with 36 non-users in the first phase of the study in 2014; questionnaires were administered to 90 users and 90 non-users in the second phase of the study in 2015.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n\nFindings<\/jats:title>\nThe primary use of telecentres among users was to access internet (71.4 per cent, n<\/jats:italic> = 60), followed by information and communication technology (ICT) training courses (63.1 per cent, n<\/jats:italic> = 53) and secretarial purposes (63.1 per cent, n<\/jats:italic> = 53). Rural women used internet for educational purposes, followed by news, information on health issues, job opportunities, social and entertainment issues. Rural women currently using internet were more likely to be better educated (\u00df<\/jats:italic> = 1.926, p<\/jats:italic> = 0.001) and have higher incomes (\u00df<\/jats:italic> = 5.318, p<\/jats:italic> = 0.021) at both bivariate and multivariate analysis. Users indicated that they faced the following barriers towards using telecentre: short duration of ICT training, frequent power outages, low speed of internet and few computers at the telecentres. 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