Practical Insights on Technology for ICT4D Projects

Xantrex TR1524: The Most Fraudulent Solar Inverter-Charger Ever

Xantrex TR1524: The Most Fraudulent Solar Inverter-Charger Ever

Published on: Nov 02 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Xantrex TR1524: The Most Fraudulent Solar Inverter-Charger Ever
Buying solar power equipment for Africa is often a challenge. First, the USA runs on 110V, so most of the equipment here will not work with the 220V standard common...
Best Low Bandwidth Web Design: Emailed RSS

Best Low Bandwidth Web Design: Emailed RSS

Published on: Oct 21 2009 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
When you design websites for the low-bandwidth environment common in Africa, you come across constraints not considered by your average web developer. Paramount...
Wikireader: a Digital Library of Alexandria, Offline

Wikireader: a Digital Library of Alexandria, Offline

Published on: Oct 19 2009 by Wayan Vota - 3 Comments
No matter how much bandwidth comes via the new fiber optic cables, there still will be massive offline areas in Africa. So there will still be a great craving for...
Nokia: Win $125,000 For Uniquely African Apps

Nokia: Win $125,000 For Uniquely African Apps

Published on: Oct 17 2009 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Here’s a great opportunity from Nokia for for African mobile and web application developers to create best-in-class applications. Nokia is offering $125,000...
Village Telco: Rural Voice Services Business Model

Village Telco: Rural Voice Services Business Model

Published on: Oct 15 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Village Telco: Rural Voice Services Business Model
tweetmeme_source = 'ICT_works'; Mobile phones seem to be ubiquitous in the developing world, until you leave the main population centers. Then service drops...
Broadband Beats Mobile Phones in Boosting GDP

Broadband Beats Mobile Phones in Boosting GDP

Published on: Oct 06 2009 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Mobile phones are a ticket out of poverty for millions. No argument there. But check out this global ICT study by Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, an economist at the World...
What Low-Cost ICT Devices Exist for Africa?

What Low-Cost ICT Devices Exist for Africa?

Published on: Oct 03 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on What Low-Cost ICT Devices Exist for Africa?
tweetmeme_source = 'ICT_works'; Back before there was One Laptop Per Child and the netbooks it spawned, we had to hunt for information on ICT projects. Finding...
Ubuntu on Asus Eeetop

Ubuntu on Asus Eeetop

Published on: Sep 29 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Ubuntu on Asus Eeetop
Summary We are always looking for the latest in low-powered devices and one that caught our eye recently was a touchscreen from Asus, the EeeTop.
ICTWorks Technical Knowledgebase

ICTWorks Technical Knowledgebase

Published on: Sep 22 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICTWorks Technical Knowledgebase
ICTWorks Wired Networking Technical Manual

ICTWorks Wired Networking Technical Manual

Published on: Sep 22 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICTWorks Wired Networking Technical Manual