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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Facebook has finally launched Facebook Zero in 10 African countries (and 45 countries globally), and I say this is reason to celebrate!
While Kevin Donovan worries...
Published on: May 17 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on $4 Million Dollar Business Opportunity: Mobile Phone Music Downloads
When Russel Southwood of Balancing Act, interviewed Ken Njoroge, CEO of Cellulant, on mobile phone music downloads, I was expecting a general overview of the musical...
All across Nepal, and especially in Kathmandu, there is daily electrical system “load shedding” – which is a polite way of describing 10-14 hour...
Recently, we caught up with Josef Scarantino who has just launched African Tech Network to strengthen African technologist in 3 primary ways:
To connect technologist...
Published on: May 03 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on SMS:Gov – Local Government Interface for Constituents via SMS Text Messages
Local governments in the developing world face a serious communications problem. As Roomthinker tweets, there is currently no easy mechanism for constituents to...