Today! #ICT4D Twitter Chat – Learning From Failure
Don’t forget – today we’re having the December ICT4D Twitter Chat – What Have We Learned From Failure?
Starting at 12-noon Eastern Time...
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For Competitiveness, ICT Best Enables Other Industries
Often governments have the idea that that can increase the competitiveness of their country by investing in the ICT industry as an export sector. They are enamored...
Righting Wikipedia’s African Information Imbalance
It should not come as a surprise that Africa is poorly represented in Wikipedia. Most of their articles are written by people personally interested in a subject,...
December #ICT4D Twitter Chat: Learning From Failure
For the December #ICT4D Twitter Chat, we’re looking to learn from our mistakes, find common causes, and brainstorm on how to not repeat them in the future...
ICTworks’ Facebook Social Network Strategy
When we were originally thinking about the promotion strategy for ICTworks, we specifically did not want to give it a presence on Facebook. It was our opinion that...
TEDxKampala – Celebrating Africa’s ICT Arrival
Had I told you in 2000 that Kampala, Uganda would host a TED-type event sponsored by UNICEF and a growing IT incubation center, with notables like New York Times...
Bringing Black Friday to Africa
Black Friday is a uniquely American tradition – the day after a major holiday we all go shopping. But not just any type of shopping, Black Friday has become...
The End of Kiswahili Text Translation Services
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We’ve seen all manner of business models upended with the digital revolution, from travel agents to the entire music industry....
How Can We Increase Access to ICT, Today?
1. Keep an Open Mind on What is “ICT”
All too often, we get so caught up in what is shiny, flashy, and new, we come to think of just computers, Internet...
Knowledge + Power: ICT Impact on Climate Change
At this year’s Development Marketplace 2009 (DM2009) finalist event at the World Bank, I was asked a challenging question: What’s the impact of ICT...
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