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Breaking the Digital Divide for Women Worldwide

Breaking the Digital Divide for Women Worldwide

Published on: Jul 28 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Breaking the Digital Divide for Women Worldwide
Earlier this month, World Pulse brought your voices from the WWW: Women Weave the Web Campaign to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS +10 High Level...
What Are Tech Company Start Up Costs in 6 African Countires?

What Are Tech Company Start Up Costs in 6 African Countires?

Published on: Jul 04 2014 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
As a venture capital firm, Savannah Fund is interested in the differing variables that can affect entrepreneurs in the countries of startups we have or will invest...
4 Best Practices to Bring the World’s Knowledge to Burma

4 Best Practices to Bring the World’s Knowledge to Burma

Published on: Jul 02 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 4 Best Practices to Bring the World’s Knowledge to Burma
Just three years ago, a repressive government and international sanctions had effectively closed Burma to the outside world. Yet over the past few years the country...
4 Steps to Establishing a Technology Ecosystem in Kenya

4 Steps to Establishing a Technology Ecosystem in Kenya

Published on: Jun 27 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 4 Steps to Establishing a Technology Ecosystem in Kenya
Kenya’s capital Nairobi, the birthplace of M-Pesa, has established itself as the “tech centre” in Africa within seven years. The rise of M-Pesa is impressive:...
Top 10 Lessons From ICT4E Projects in Kenya

Top 10 Lessons From ICT4E Projects in Kenya

Published on: Jun 18 2014 by Guest Writer - 3 Comments
My name is Jakub Šimek and I work as the Program Manager for the Pontis Foundation, which is located in Slovakia. Last year we started to scale up our third ICT4Edu...
What Are ICT Students Learning in the Classroom?

What Are ICT Students Learning in the Classroom?

Published on: Jun 16 2014 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
My name is Anndriene Bell, and I am a proud participant in the Illinois Institute of Technology’s most recent Information and Communication Technology (ICT)...
Please RSVP Now for Fail Forward 2014

Please RSVP Now for Fail Forward 2014

Published on: Jun 13 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now for Fail Forward 2014
All we’re taught about failure is to avoid it at all costs. Let’s explore leveraging it for adaptation, innovation, and resilience instead. Fail Forward...
6 Ways Development Organisations Can Support Kenyan Tech Startups

6 Ways Development Organisations Can Support Kenyan Tech Startups

Published on: Jun 11 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 6 Ways Development Organisations Can Support Kenyan Tech Startups
The GSMA writes extensively about the social and economic impact connectivity has on people’s lives. Our recent Mobile Economy Sub-Saharan African report highlighted...
Drones for Development: Humanitarian Use Cases

Drones for Development: Humanitarian Use Cases

Published on: Jun 02 2014 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Satellite images have been used to support humanitarian efforts for decades. Why? A bird’s eye view of a disaster-affected area simply captures far more information...
3 Steps for Data Transformation: Turning Numbers into Knowledge

3 Steps for Data Transformation: Turning Numbers into Knowledge

Published on: May 26 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 3 Steps for Data Transformation: Turning Numbers into Knowledge
Do you feel like there’s a new software or platform offered every day, promising to streamline your business process, reduce costs, and make you an instant data...