Practical Insights on Technology for ICT4D Projects

Solar Power for PC Deployments: Enabling ICT Beyond the Grid

Solar Power for PC Deployments: Enabling ICT Beyond the Grid

Published on: Jul 04 2011 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
Technology for converting solar energy to electricity was first introduced over 130 years ago, and it has been used to power PCs for more than 20 years. However,...
Solar Power Resources for Designing PV Systems in Rural Computer Projects

Solar Power Resources for Designing PV Systems in Rural Computer Projects

Published on: Jun 24 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Solar Power Resources for Designing PV Systems in Rural Computer Projects
There are two recent developments that have significantly lowered the cost of solar power systems for powering computer installations in remote or rural areas: The...
ICTworks Interview with Stefan Bock on HCI initiatives at BOSCO Uganda

ICTworks Interview with Stefan Bock on HCI initiatives at BOSCO Uganda

Published on: Jun 24 2011 by Kelechi Edozie-Anyadiegwu - 3 Comments
1) Can you give a little background to the BOSCO Uganda Project and your role in the project? How did you become interested in working in the HCI field. BOSCO...
How to Accelerate Wireless Broadband Access to the First Mile

How to Accelerate Wireless Broadband Access to the First Mile

Published on: Jun 20 2011 by Eric Blantz - 1 Comment
Closing the access gap with low-cost broadband service delivery modelsJust 9.6% of the total population in Africa has access to the Internet. This is less than...
Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone

Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone

Published on: May 27 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Geuza: Build your Swahili vocabulary and fluency on a mobile phone
Geuza was a winner at the Samsung Kenya Apps Contest last year, and I can see why: its a hot language learning tool designed for mobile phones. A real Kenyan mLearning...
7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers

7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers

Published on: May 23 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 7 strategies to target Africa’s broadband consumers
This is a screenshot of an Internet bandwidth speed test I did at a hotel in Dar es Salaam. At 1.65 Mbs, that’s the fastest speed I’ve ever recorded...
Lizards, Monkeys, and Bees – ICT Support Calls Inveneo Has Received

Lizards, Monkeys, and Bees – ICT Support Calls Inveneo Has Received

Published on: May 20 2011 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
With rural ICT implementations in over 23 countries, Inveneo gets some interesting support calls as all manner of issues come about. Today from Kenya, we bring...
What the Nokia-Microsoft Deal Means for Nigerian Software Developers

What the Nokia-Microsoft Deal Means for Nigerian Software Developers

Published on: May 18 2011 by Loy Okezie - 2 Comments
It is no longer news that Nokia’s market share has been suffering. Even the company’s CEO once said that Nokia is failing to compete and losing ground to competitors...
The Afrinnovator Interview With Coders4Africa Founders

The Afrinnovator Interview With Coders4Africa Founders

Published on: May 16 2011 by Afrinnovator Website - Comments Off on The Afrinnovator Interview With Coders4Africa Founders
We recently highlighted the efforts of Coders4Africa, an NGO aiming at improving the cardre of software developers in Africa. We managed to interview co-founders,...
Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis

Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis

Published on: May 13 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Tanzania Domestic Broadband Internet Infrastructure Policy Analysis
As a follow-on to Why Tanzanian Internet Access Prices Have Not Decreased with the Arrival of SEACOM, Jenny Stefanotti has submitted Domestic Broadband Infrastructure...
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