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Which African Country Sold the Most ccTLD Website Domains?

Which African Country Sold the Most ccTLD Website Domains?

Published on: Oct 01 2010 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
If you are a web entrepreneur, you should be very interested in the size and health of your market and your competition. One number that should be prominent in...
How to Keep Quality Staff: Poaching Penalty Contract Clause for Clients

How to Keep Quality Staff: Poaching Penalty Contract Clause for Clients

Published on: Sep 29 2010 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
Good help is hard to find, eh? Its even harder to keep. One issue we’ve seen occurring on big ICT4D deployments is clients poaching the best staff from the...
New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab

New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on New Life International Children’s Home Computer Lab
In Ansaptu, Cape Coast, the Students Bridging the Information Gap organization has funded a new computer lab for New Life International Children’s Home, installed...
New Life International Children’s Home

New Life International Children’s Home

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on New Life International Children’s Home
New Life International basically deals with the care and personal development of underprivileged children (orphans and abandoned) in terms of education, feeding,...
Students Bridging the Information Gap

Students Bridging the Information Gap

Published on: Sep 27 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Students Bridging the Information Gap
Students Bridging the Information Gap, Inc. (SBIG) harnesses the humanitarian interests of students, corporate and faith-based partners and other civic groups to...
#m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development

#m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development

Published on: Sep 24 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on #m4D – The Official Twitter Hashtag for Using Mobile Phones for Development
On the Twitter social network, people use hashtags, the “#” symbol followed by letters and numbers or a word to signify a Tweet in relation to a specific...
Which African Country Leads in ICT Expenditures? The Answer will Surprise You!

Which African Country Leads in ICT Expenditures? The Answer will Surprise You!

Published on: Sep 22 2010 by Wayan Vota - 5 Comments
The World Bank’s Open Data initiative is intended to provide unfettered access to the World Bank’s data catalog, including databases, pre-formatted tables...
Inveneo ICT Sustainability Primer: What to consider when designing ICT projects in the developing world

Inveneo ICT Sustainability Primer: What to consider when designing ICT projects in the developing world

Published on: Sep 20 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Since 2006, Inveneo and our Certified ICT Partners have delivered innovative information and communication technology (ICT) solutions reaching more than 1,500,000...
ICT4D, Innovation, and Millennium Development Goals

ICT4D, Innovation, and Millennium Development Goals

Published on: Sep 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICT4D, Innovation, and Millennium Development Goals
The UN Week Digital Media Lounge will be highlighting new approaches that are tackling Millennium Development Goal challenges. Innovative information and communication...
Who are Rural ICT4E Buyers? Parent Teacher Associations, not Government

Who are Rural ICT4E Buyers? Parent Teacher Associations, not Government

Published on: Sep 13 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
When we talk of deploying information and communication technologies in schools across Africa, most people assume the technology will be bought by the national,...