Most writers agreed that community development, is best when such development employs bottom up approach rather than the top-down approach. This is because such development would strengthen the communal solidarity as it is based on communal demands. As such, individuals within a community are able to organise themselves and respond to various problems through communal effort or ability. Its in view of this, that ICT, especially the telecentre is vigorously introduced to communities around the

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... rld. In essence, ICT is strongly promoted to improve the socioeconomic development of rural areas. Hence, the telecentre is seen as a contributory tool or catalyst to both social and economic empowerment of the community. Therefore, this article explores the impact of telecentre to the rural communities, especially it's psychological empowerment of the community members. To arrive at a logical conclusion in this paper, the research employed qualitative method as it provided an empirical framework to gather quality data. Major finding indicates that the telecentre in the study areas, is seen by these communities as a landmark and a source of proud and development.