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There are No Shortcuts in Technology for Development

There are No Shortcuts in Technology for Development

Published on: Jul 15 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on There are No Shortcuts in Technology for Development
At the TEDxIIT conference earlier this year Dr. Laura Hosman spoke about the challenges facing ICT4D and some promising methods for moving forward: In her talk...
Solar Power for PC Deployments: Enabling ICT Beyond the Grid

Solar Power for PC Deployments: Enabling ICT Beyond the Grid

Published on: Jul 04 2011 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Technology for converting solar energy to electricity was first introduced over 130 years ago, and it has been used to power PCs for more than 20 years. However,...
How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development

How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development

Published on: Jun 29 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development
GESCI has recently published two papers trying to tease out key issues related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their integration to national...
ReelHealth: Storytelling with Mobile Video for Impact

ReelHealth: Storytelling with Mobile Video for Impact

Published on: Jun 01 2011 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
You don’t have to be a professional filmmaker to tell a powerful story, and you don’t need bulky, expensive equipment. With 5 billion cell phone subscriptions...
5 Steps to Win Technology Tenders and ICT Requests for Proposals

5 Steps to Win Technology Tenders and ICT Requests for Proposals

Published on: Mar 28 2011 by Guest Writer - 3 Comments
I recently had the opportunity to sit on a tender selection committee for an organization where I am involved at the board level. This is an organization that has...
Why Open Collaboration Spaces like *iHub_ Matter

Why Open Collaboration Spaces like *iHub_ Matter

Published on: Mar 24 2010 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Why Open Collaboration Spaces like *iHub_ Matter
Last week I attended the much anticipated iHub Nairobi launch, as well as participated in a pre-launch gathering of African tech hub pioneers (more on the latter...
Skype: Best VoIP Connection to Africa and Asia

Skype: Best VoIP Connection to Africa and Asia

Published on: Nov 26 2009 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Skype: Best VoIP Connection to Africa and Asia
I am FJ Cava, and as the Business Support Manager at Inveneo I spend a lot of time communicating with Inveneo business partners throughout Africa and Asia. We’ve...
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