Kenya Blackout: Internet is Up When KPLC is Down
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Last week, there was a countrywide blackout in Kenya. The electrical authority, KPLC, took the national electrical grid offline...
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Empowering End Users with Pre-Installed Software
End users of computers in the developing world often want to engage in activities that are beyond the stock software that comes with popular operating systems, especially...
Its Time for a #ICT4D Twitter Chat – Friday, Nov 13
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During last week’s engaging #SocEntChat around mHealth, organized by Ashoka, I started to wonder what other Twitter chats...
Cloud Computing in Africa? All Weather is Local
Recently there’s been a good discussion about cloud computing in Africa, where Ken Banks asks if its “Inappropriate” appropriate technology? Ken...
Xantrex TR1524: The Most Fraudulent Solar Inverter-Charger Ever
Buying solar power equipment for Africa is often a challenge. First, the USA runs on 110V, so most of the equipment here will not work with the 220V standard common...
Introducing ICT4D Africa Twitters List for FollowFriday
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On the social networking site Twitter, there are many people who talk about ICT4D, and many who talk about Africa. But there...
Why mHealth Initiatives Should Not be Sustainable
Whenever we talk about mHealth, there is always much hand-wringing around sustainability. And by that we usually mean we want to find the mHealth model that can...
mHealth Summit 2009 Tweetup on Thursday!
This week promises to be an inflection point for mHealth activities in the developing world, due to the mHealth Summit – an unprecedented gathering of thought...
Kristin Peterson on Inspiring Women in ICT
As part of the Educational Technology Debate on expanding the role of women in ICT, I interviewed Kristin Peterson, co-founder and CEO of Inveneo.
I wanted to know...
The 5 Basic Stages of Selling
Attention: Get the attention of your prospect through advertising or promotions. Remember the marketing section earlier?
Interest: Build interest through...
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