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Congratulations to Malawi’s Barefoot Solar Engineers

Congratulations to Malawi’s Barefoot Solar Engineers

Published on: Jun 09 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
At the Africa Energy Awards 2010, the Barefoot Solar Engineers of Malawi won the Best Rural Electrification Project category, highlighting their positive impact...
Apps4D: Smartphone Application Development as ICT4D

Apps4D: Smartphone Application Development as ICT4D

Published on: Jun 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
The rise of the smartphone has unleashed a wave of excitement and income generation across the software development community. Applications that can run on iPhones,...
How Kenyatta University Makes $4 Million Dollars a Year with ICT

How Kenyatta University Makes $4 Million Dollars a Year with ICT

Published on: Jun 04 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
When we talk of information and communication technologies in education, ICT4E, we often are focused on putting technology in the hands of students. But appropriate...
ICIP

ICIP

Published on: Jun 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICIP
An Inveneo Certified ICT Partner (an “ICIP”) is a leading ICT firm that is reaching a whole new market: rural and underserved areas in the developing...
Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow

Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow

Published on: Jun 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow
Google is naturally excited about the voluntary formation of Google Technology User Groups across Africa – communities of software developers and Google users...
Introducing the Inveneo Certified ICT Hand Tool Kit

Introducing the Inveneo Certified ICT Hand Tool Kit

Published on: May 31 2010 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
You are at a distant project site, installing an appropriate, rugged computer system for a rural school or community center. You’re about to run cable or...
Go AkiraChix! Empowering Women in Technology

Go AkiraChix! Empowering Women in Technology

Published on: May 26 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The information technology field is very male dominated. In fact, it can often feel like an all-boys club, where women are not always welcome. This disappoints...
Winrock International

Winrock International

Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Winrock International
Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic...
ECHOES-ICT Nkonya Multi-Purpose School-Based Resource Center

ECHOES-ICT Nkonya Multi-Purpose School-Based Resource Center

Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ECHOES-ICT Nkonya Multi-Purpose School-Based Resource Center
The goal of ECHOES-ICT is to Empower Rural cocoa communities through access to local ICTs and Community Centers. Objectives: Develop one Multi Purpose School...
1Village Ltd.

1Village Ltd.

Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 1Village Ltd.
Mission: 1ViLLAGE is registered in Ghana (West Africa) to provide ICT for Development services and undertake research especially on the African continent. Our mission...