Human-Centered Design Approaches in ICT4D
I am Adele Waugaman and recently I traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh, for a project exploring the use of the mobile phones to amplify citizen feedback on the delivery...
Why is the Quality of Kenyan Apps Going Down?
I am Kennedy Kachwanya and I think the quality of the apps being created has gone down. Recently I attended Microsoft Imagine Cup competition and I left the...
Two Reasons Why Software as a Service Is a Bad Business Model
Looking around the tech world and you would think Software as a Service (SaaS) is a godsend. All the cool Google services (search, GMail, Docs) are SaaS and the...
Mobile Devices Made in Congo-Brazzaville: One Man’s Start Up Story
I am Anna Shaw and I recently attended a Tech Salon that really got me thinking. We spent a morning discussing, What Are the Technology Challenges in Congo Brazzaville?
The...
USAID Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa
This Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa briefing paper presents the results of an assessment carried out to explore the current use of sustainable...
How to Launch a Tech Hardware Startup in Africa
On May 28, join a conversation with Verone Mankou, designer of Africa’s first tablet computer. RSVP today.
Bringing a new product to market is no easy task. In...
Citizen election reporting in Kenya was a breakthrough in online-offline collaboration
The Kenyan elections were more than a month ago, but a debate continues in the crisis mapping community about whether the various technologies deployed to track...
Mobile Phones, Like All Technologies, Are Gender Neutral
At the first Technology Salon in London, we had a very thoughtful discussion on the implications of gender in using mobile technologies to stimulate social and...
How Gender Influences Mobile Technologies for Development
The very first Technology Salon to take place in London occurred just three days after the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) announced that...
And the Most Popular Web Browser in Nigeria Is?
If you have the vision of Nigerians using old Internet Explorer browsers to view your precious web content, you are living in the past. TechLoy reports that Google’s...