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Human-Centered Design Approaches in ICT4D

Human-Centered Design Approaches in ICT4D

Published on: Jun 12 2013 by Wayan Vota - Leave a Comment
I am Adele Waugaman and recently I traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for a project exploring the use of the mobile phones to amplify citizen feedback on the delivery...
USAID Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa

USAID Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa

Published on: May 20 2013 by John Zoltner - Leave a Comment
This Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa briefing paper presents the results of an assessment carried out to explore the current use of sustainable...
Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration

Published on: May 13 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
The Kenyan elections were more than a month ago, but a debate continues in the crisis mapping community about whether the various technologies deployed to track...
Mobile Phones, Like All Technologies, Are Gender Neutral

Mobile Phones, Like All Technologies, Are Gender Neutral

Published on: May 10 2013 by Wayan Vota - 16 Comments
At the first Technology Salon in London, we had a very thoughtful discussion on the implications of gender in using mobile technologies to stimulate social and...
How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development

How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development

Published on: May 08 2013 by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment
  The very first Technology Salon to take place in London occurred just three days after the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced that...
Moving ICTWorks to WordPress: Special Thanks to Go WordPress’ Pro Bono Initiative

Moving ICTWorks to WordPress: Special Thanks to Go WordPress’ Pro Bono Initiative

Published on: Apr 15 2013 by Aaron Mason - 4 Comments
ICTWorks would like to give a huge thank you to Jordi Cabot and the team at Go WordPress for helping to bring the site up to date by migrating to WordPress. I won’t...
Are Lasers the Key to Cheap, Cloud-Based Internet?

Are Lasers the Key to Cheap, Cloud-Based Internet?

Published on: Apr 01 2013 by Aaron Mason - 3 Comments
Different colored lasers light up a section of cloud during a test of Inveneo’s StratoLancer system. Photo: Aaron Mason When trying to communicate over great...
3 Key Factors for the Next Mobile App to Scale like M-Pesa

3 Key Factors for the Next Mobile App to Scale like M-Pesa

Published on: Mar 27 2013 by Guest Writer - Leave a Comment
I am Josephine Mutugu and at the Nairobi Technology Salon on What is the Next Mobile Development App that Will Scale? we launched into the discussion with a brief...
Can Your Tech Idea Change the World? Submit it to the USAID / Humanity United Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention

Can Your Tech Idea Change the World? Submit it to the USAID / Humanity United Tech Challenge for Atrocity Prevention

Published on: Mar 22 2013 by Michael Kleinman - 3 Comments
On April 23rd, 2012, President Obama declared: “Preventing mass atrocities and genocide is a core national security interest and a core moral responsibility of...
Open Standards Can Change Everything

Open Standards Can Change Everything

Published on: Mar 15 2013 by Aaron Mason - Comments Off
February’s San Francisco Technology Salon centered around current technology challenges in the developing world. What are our current needs? What’s holding...
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