Practical Insights on Technology for ICT4D Projects

The Availability of Prepaid Mobile Data Plans in All 53 African Countries

The Availability of Prepaid Mobile Data Plans in All 53 African Countries

Published on: Jul 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
Kevin Donovan and Jonathan Donner believe that prepaid ICT access models are more appropriate for poorer consumers and the availability of prepaid mobile data will...
Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing

Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing

Published on: Jun 28 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Win Government Contracts with Solar Power Computing
Electrical power is an issue across Africa – or more accurately, the lack of reliable, affordable electricity is one of the greatest barriers to the adoption...
Seeking ICT Retailers to Sell 1 Million Laptops in Kenya

Seeking ICT Retailers to Sell 1 Million Laptops in Kenya

Published on: Jun 16 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Seeking ICT Retailers to Sell 1 Million Laptops in Kenya
Are you a registered and accredited laptop and software retailer in Kenya with at least 5 years of business experience an three retail locations in addition to a...
How to Demystify the Internet in Rural Africa

How to Demystify the Internet in Rural Africa

Published on: Jun 14 2010 by Linda Raftree - 2 Comments
I was in a workshop in the Upper West Region of Ghana recently. The goal was two-fold: to train a small group of staff, ICT teachers and local partners on social...
Congratulations to Malawi’s Barefoot Solar Engineers

Congratulations to Malawi’s Barefoot Solar Engineers

Published on: Jun 09 2010 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
At the Africa Energy Awards 2010, the Barefoot Solar Engineers of Malawi won the Best Rural Electrification Project category, highlighting their positive impact...
Apps4D: Smartphone Application Development as ICT4D

Apps4D: Smartphone Application Development as ICT4D

Published on: Jun 07 2010 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
The rise of the smartphone has unleashed a wave of excitement and income generation across the software development community. Applications that can run on iPhones,...
Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow

Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow

Published on: Jun 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Google Technology User Groups: the LUG’s of Tomorrow
Google is naturally excited about the voluntary formation of Google Technology User Groups across Africa – communities of software developers and Google users...
Introducing the Inveneo Certified ICT Hand Tool Kit

Introducing the Inveneo Certified ICT Hand Tool Kit

Published on: May 31 2010 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
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...
Déchets électroniques

Déchets électroniques

Published on: May 24 2010 by Miriam Young - Comments Off on Déchets électroniques
http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/114/article_82166.asp
La Localisation des TICs pour les Langues Africaines

La Localisation des TICs pour les Langues Africaines

Published on: May 19 2010 by Miriam Young - 3 Comments
Quand on parle de la promotion des TIC dans les milieux ruraux en Afrique, en quelle langue faut-il parler ? Il y a des centaines de langues en Afrique, représentant...
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