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Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising

Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising

Published on: Dec 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising
BuzzCity, a mobile media company, is charting the impact of the mobile data price war between Safaricom and Bharti Airtel. Buzz City serves mobile ads, and in the...
Is Computer Village Ikeja Dying?

Is Computer Village Ikeja Dying?

Published on: Dec 10 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Ah the fabled Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos – the Silicon Valley of West Africa. Messy, unregulated, and wild, it was the digital mother that created...
Pop Quiz! What’s the Average Tenure of Ministers of Education in the Developing World?

Pop Quiz! What’s the Average Tenure of Ministers of Education in the Developing World?

Published on: Dec 08 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Recently, I was standing in the lobby of the Ministry of Education in Jordan. On one wall was the photograph and name of every Minister of Education that served...
Android and International Development

Android and International Development

Published on: Dec 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Group will discuss the ongoing development of Google’s Android OS and apps for Int’l Dev
Why Should Ghana’s Parliament Members Get Free Laptops?

Why Should Ghana’s Parliament Members Get Free Laptops?

Published on: Dec 06 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Recently in Ghana, the Minister of Communication, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, presented 230 laptops valued at $350,000.00 to the 230 members of parliament (MP), committees...
4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools

4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools

Published on: Dec 03 2010 by Wayan Vota - 8 Comments
Recently I helped review the use of information and communication technologies in the Jordanian public school system and I was intrigued to find that Facebook was...
Wezesha: Subsidized Laptops for 15,667 Kenyan University Students – Real ICT4Edu Investment

Wezesha: Subsidized Laptops for 15,667 Kenyan University Students – Real ICT4Edu Investment

Published on: Dec 01 2010 by Wayan Vota - 32 Comments
The Kenya ICT Board and Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) are about to launch a bold experiment in getting the tools of ICT into...
Learn How Energy for Opportunity Builds Solar Power Installation Capacity in Sierra Leone

Learn How Energy for Opportunity Builds Solar Power Installation Capacity in Sierra Leone

Published on: Nov 24 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Learn How Energy for Opportunity Builds Solar Power Installation Capacity in Sierra Leone
Solar power is a needed skill in electricity-starved West Africa. Yet there is also high unemployment. Energy For Opportunity is trying to solve both of these...
Lessons Learned in Shipping ICT to Africa: LCD’s are TV’s and Keyboards are Musical Instruments

Lessons Learned in Shipping ICT to Africa: LCD’s are TV’s and Keyboards are Musical Instruments

Published on: Nov 19 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Lessons Learned in Shipping ICT to Africa: LCD’s are TV’s and Keyboards are Musical Instruments
At Inveneo, we’ve learned the hard way that getting information and communication technology equipment to different countries in Africa can be a challenge,...
Micro Media SCORE

Micro Media SCORE

Published on: Nov 18 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Micro Media SCORE