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Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Published on: Mar 03 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Neelley Hicks and I spend a lot of energy telling people about FrontlineSMS and how it can transform communications for those living without Internet in the...
ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

Published on: Feb 22 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on ID Hack for International Development… Would you?
Technology is powerful. Powerful enough to make a tremendous impact on international development. The rapid proliferation of mobile phones across the world has enabled...
20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings

20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings

Published on: Feb 19 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 20 Ways to Improve mHealth Interventions in Low-Resource Settings
The GETHealth Summit (Global Education and Technology Health), 6-7 February 2013 in the United Nations, New York City, aimed ‘to bridge the health workforce gap...
The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation

The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation

Published on: Feb 17 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The 4 Key ICT Sector Challenges for Rwandan Socio-Economic Transformation
The Rwanda ICT Sector Profile for the year 2012 is a compilation of indicators that have been selected to measure the Rwanda’s ICT sector performance and track...
10 Ways ICTs Can Support Citizen Engagement with Governments

10 Ways ICTs Can Support Citizen Engagement with Governments

Published on: Feb 14 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 10 Ways ICTs Can Support Citizen Engagement with Governments
I am Adele Waugaman and I have the pleasure and honor of joining the board of Technology Salon, which many in the ICT4D community know as a regular in-person convening...
Can ICT4D Keep Up With The Speed Of Technology Change?

Can ICT4D Keep Up With The Speed Of Technology Change?

Published on: Jan 25 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Can ICT4D Keep Up With The Speed Of Technology Change?
What do the Consumer Electronics Show and the Hong Kong Electronics Fair have to do with ICT for Development? The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)...
Surprise! Free Public Internet Access Venues Do Not Compete with Mobile Phones for Users

Surprise! Free Public Internet Access Venues Do Not Compete with Mobile Phones for Users

Published on: Dec 21 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Surprise! Free Public Internet Access Venues Do Not Compete with Mobile Phones for Users
The Public Access, Private Mobile report studied the interplay of shared access and the mobile Internet for teenagers in Cape Town. It covered a large amount of...
mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector

Published on: Nov 07 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on mWASH: Mobile Phone Applications for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Sector
In the past decade, water and sanitation practitioners have begun deploying mobile phones as tools to improve water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. In...
How InSTEDD Started the iLab Southeast Asia

How InSTEDD Started the iLab Southeast Asia

Published on: Oct 31 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How InSTEDD Started the iLab Southeast Asia
I am Dennis Israelski of InSTEDD and our work in Southeast Asia began in 2007, following Larry Brilliant’s TED prize in 2006, with the support of founding grants...
How Can We Make Cloud Solutions Relevant in the Offline World?

How Can We Make Cloud Solutions Relevant in the Offline World?

Published on: Oct 17 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How Can We Make Cloud Solutions Relevant in the Offline World?
I am Amos Cruz and below are my thoughts around a recent Technology Salon on “How Can We Make ‘Cloud’ Solutions Relevant in the Offline World”...
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