We are now seeing multiple uses of drones for development. Unmanned aerial vehicles, aerial robotics, whatever you want to call them, are now finding practical...
Published on: Jul 12 2016 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now for MERL Tech 2016 and Submit Your Session Ideas
The use of technology for monitoring, evaluation research and learning (MERL) has become increasingly sophisticated and more openly accepted in the international...
The Kenyan government recently introduced the Information Communications Technology Practitioners Bill 2016 bill that would require every ICT practitioner to have...
Published on: Jun 14 2016 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Last Week to RSVP: USAID Digital Development Forum Central America
Regístrese hoy para ser parte de este encuentro con más de 200 expertos en tecnología digital y desarrollo internacional en el Foro USAID de Desarrollo Digital...
On Friday, we had the startling realization that fishermen do not use mobile phones to compare market prices of fish. Besides cultural and legal limitations to...
We all know the story. Fishermen use mobile phones to call ahead to different markets to find the one with best prices, so they can sell their catch for the largest...
Geographic information systems are changing the way we think about food security and famine early warning. At the Transforming Global Food Security event, we talked...
The Fund for Internet Research and Development (FIRE Africa) has over US$240,000 in grant funding to support projects that use ICT to develop innovative solutions...
Published on: May 18 2016 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Can We End Famine As We Know It In Our Lifetime? Is Technology the Solution?
“Our policy objective in the aid community, should be to end famine as we know it in our lifetime.”
That was the challenge presented to us by Andrew...
Development is messy and complex, but our projects are set up around linear information systems that are slow, one-way, highly siloed and paper-based. Project management...
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