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Published on: Dec 01 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now: Mobiles for Development Forum Asia 2015
More than 4 in 10 people in Asia own a mobile phone. If you are not already using mobiles in your programming as a development practitioner, you are missing substantial opportunity to reach people.
The reality of using mobiles...
Published on: Nov 28 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now for $5 Million in GSMA mWASH Grants
Currently 10% of the world’s population does not have access to ‘improved’ water resources, nearly 20% are without access to energy, and almost 35% lack access to improved sanitation.
These gaps are due to challenges...
After attending the World Innovation Summit for Education, I’m convinced that creativity matters – particularly as it applies to teaching and learning in developing nations.
The central theme of this year’s summit...
Published on: Nov 24 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 4 Challenges to Reaching 3.8 Billion Mobile Internet Users by 2020
According to new data released by GSMA Intelligence, 3.8 billion people or half of the world’s population will be using mobile devices to access the Internet by 2020. And where will almost all of the additional mobile...
Published on: Nov 21 2014 by Jacob Korenblum - Comments Off on Want People to Answer Your Mobile Survey? Pay Them!
So, you’re an M&E Tech expert and you’re gearing up to deliver the Survey Instrument of the Century—the one that’ll gather data on every indicator you need, at the same time, at massive scale, and...
Published on: Nov 19 2014 by Jana Melpolder - Comments Off on Please RSVP for Our Twitter Chat on December 4th: Digital Payments in Developing Countries
Safety and transparency are very important issues when it comes to sending and receiving digital payments within developing countries. Establishing trust in digital payments system and sufficient levels of consumer protection...
Published on: Nov 17 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Learning is a Two-Way Street with Hack at Home by Innovate Salone
When Global Minimum Inc. launched it’s first Innovation Lab in March 2014 as part of the Innovate Salone program in Freetown, Sierra Leone, the Ebola virus had just broken out. It was worrisome, but Ebola was not a new...
My name is Herman Fung and I’m a former VSO volunteer in Malawi. In March 2014, I completed an 18-month voluntary placement where I worked with the Ministry of Health to build and implement Malawi’s first national,...
Published on: Nov 13 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now for Build for Sustainability: ICT4D Principle 4
The Greentree Consensus represents a concerted effort by donors to capture the most important lessons learned by the development community in the implementation of information and communications technology for development...
Published on: Nov 12 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Join the M&E Tech NetHope Working Group on November 18th
Interest in monitoring and evaluation, particularly in the context of using technology for development, has grown exponentially over the past few years. As more and more programs integrate the use of technology to achieve...
