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Earlier this summer, Thomas Fuller of the New York Times published a memo from Yangon lamenting the lack of political vocabulary in the Burmese language, in which words like “democracy,” “institution,” and “privacy”...
Recently I launched a Kickstarter campaign for JadedAid, a card game to save humanitarians. Based on Cards Against Humanity, and other word association games, it is a critique of all that is frustrating yet funny in international...
Published on: Oct 05 2015 by Tharum Bun - Comments Off on How SMS Messages Revitalize the Lives of Cambodian Youth
While social media and radio are two of the most popular channels among young people in Cambodia, text messaging has remained a basic mean to send and receive short-yet-useful content. Even today about 96% of Cambodian youth...
There are numerous demands on a farmer’s time and the complex decisions needed to manage their work and businesses. The panelists at the “Future of Ag Extension Services” break out, during the ICT4 Agriculture conference...
A year ago, I predicted that Myanmar would be a smartphone only country. I saw the confluence of cheap smartphones, savvy people, and innovative mobile network operators, and believed we were about to see Myanmar leap from...
The Sustainable Development Goals represent a unique opportunity for the world to work together on 17 critical measures that embody the collective aspirations of the world’s citizens. Developed through the most consultative...
Published on: Sep 25 2015 by Jana Melpolder - Comments Off on Are YOU the Lucky Winner of Our Apple Watch Contest?
ICTworks recently celebrated its 6th Birthday, and we did it in style by creating a reader’s feedback survey and giving away an Apple Watch as a survey participant prize.
We had 150 respondents share their insight as to...
Congratulations to BRCK on their launch of BRCK Education yesterday. The Kio Kit is certainly a very cool hardware solution that has key innovations for educational use. I particularly like wireless charging of the Kio tablets...
Are SMS projects still relevant? Are toll-free phone numbers still needed? As more and more people in developing countries have access to cheap smartphones and third generation (3G) network coverage, should we still be utilizing...
Recently in the blog post entitled Top Tips for Converting Paper Forms to Digital Mobile Forms, I discussed Equal Access’ transition from paper-based to mobile Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) methods. A big part of...
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