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After extensive analysis, USAID has determined that poor people in the country of Africa suffer from a lack of things. According to the World Bank, 414 million people, almost half the population, are people are living on...
Published on: Mar 30 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on 3 Lessons Learned in Mapping for International Development
In June 2014, TechChange wrapped up the second round of our Mapping for International Development online course. Nearly 60 participants joined us from Rwanda, Ethiopia, Benin, Mozambique, Australia, Kenya, Haiti, Thailand,...
Published on: Mar 27 2015 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How You Can Reach 300,000 Tanzanians with Proven Family Planning Information
Would you want to improve family planning knowledge and effect behavior change with 300,000+ people in Tanzania, using a proven technology approach that was developed with the Ministry of Health? The you would be interested...
Published on: Mar 25 2015 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on A Vision for Humanitarian Uses of Emerging Technology for Emerging Needs
Linda Raftree and I are proud to present the culmination of a global dialogue series organized by the American Red Cross and IFRC: A Vision for the Humanitarian Use of Emerging Technology for Emerging Needs.
Last year, the...
Digital technology and the Internet have changed the lives of billions of people in the past 20 years. However, considering the continued rapid pace of technological development, we may be in the early stages of a much larger...
The US Government has a mixed record in using technology to help the Cuban people improve their lives. Most of its attempts ended in failure, some painful for everyone involved, others comical in their shortsightedness.
At...
Published on: Mar 18 2015 by Josh Woodard - Comments Off on How Can We All Profit From Development Data?
Big data has been called the new oil, and it is easy to see why. In its raw form, it provides limited value, but with the right refinement it has the potential to generate enormous value to the global economy. As with oil,...
Published on: Mar 16 2015 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now for ICT4D Principle 7: Reuse & Improve Development Solutions
Mercy Corps and IDEO.org invite you to RSVP now for ICT4D Principle 7: Reuse and Improve to join your colleagues and peers thinking about the new digital development principles we all should be following.
The Principles...
Published on: Mar 13 2015 by Jana Melpolder - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now: How Can Technology Improve Disaster Response?
Natural disasters are impossible to avoid, but thankfully recovery time and management have become easier due to the improvements in innovative technologies. As aid organizations gain more access to dynamic tools and Internet...
Published on: Mar 11 2015 by Atul Adhikari - Comments Off on Join ARM and Inveneo’s Micro-Data Center Design Challenge to Win $10,000
Looking for a way to change the ICT world? Join Inveneo’s newest competition: to design an ultra-efficient small-scale data center! Inveneo, in partnership with ARM Limited, is launching a solar powered Micro-Data Center...
