Practical Insights on Technology for ICT4D Projects

3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA

3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA

Published on: Mar 27 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 3 Key Factors for Your Next Mobile App to Scale Like M-PESA
I am Josephine Mutugu and at the Nairobi Technology Salon on What is the Next Mobile Development App that Will Scale? we launched into the discussion with a brief...
Open Standards Can Change Everything

Open Standards Can Change Everything

Published on: Mar 15 2013 by Aaron Mason - Comments Off on Open Standards Can Change Everything
February’s San Francisco Technology Salon centered around current technology challenges in the developing world. What are our current needs? What’s holding...
Learning From My 11 Failed Technology Projects

Learning From My 11 Failed Technology Projects

Published on: Mar 13 2013 by Jonathan Gosier - 1 Comment
It’s always great to look at one’s current or past successes, but what about the failures? Every entrepreneur (hell, every person person) has failed at something…...
Electrical Power is No Longer a Problem in ICT for Development

Electrical Power is No Longer a Problem in ICT for Development

Published on: Mar 10 2013 by Wayan Vota - 8 Comments
It was not long ago that electrical power was the largest barrier to using ICTs in rural areas. Back when desktop computers had big CRT screens, each computer needed...
London Technology Salon: How Can We Empower Women and Girls with Mobiles?

London Technology Salon: How Can We Empower Women and Girls with Mobiles?

Published on: Mar 05 2013 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
We would be delighted to invite you to RSVP to join a select cohort of thought leaders and decision makers for the first Technology Salon in London, where Henriette...
Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Teaching the Power of Text Messaging in Haiti

Published on: Mar 03 2013 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Neelley Hicks and I spend a lot of energy telling people about FrontlineSMS and how it can transform communications for those living without Internet in the...
9 Ethical Considerations in Participatory Digital Mapping with Communities

9 Ethical Considerations in Participatory Digital Mapping with Communities

Published on: Mar 01 2013 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on 9 Ethical Considerations in Participatory Digital Mapping with Communities
The February 5 Technology Salon in New York City asked “What are the ethics in participatory digital mapping?” Judging by the packed Salon and long waiting...
A Computer Can Do Your International Development Job Thanks to Open Data

A Computer Can Do Your International Development Job Thanks to Open Data

Published on: Feb 27 2013 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
At a recent Technology Salon on “How Can We Make Data Useful for Development,” one of the participants put forth an interesting question to the group: Could...
Who Let All Those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on Internet Exclusion

Who Let All Those Ghanaians on the Internet? Jenna Burrell on Internet Exclusion

Published on: Feb 25 2013 by Ethan Zuckerman - 1 Comment
Jenna Burrell, assistant professor at the School of Information at UC Berkeley, is speaking today at the Berkman Center on her research on internet usage in Ghana,...
ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

ID Hack for International Development… Would you?

Published on: Feb 22 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on ID Hack for International Development… Would you?
Technology is powerful. Powerful enough to make a tremendous impact on international development. The rapid proliferation of mobile phones across the world has enabled...