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Published on: Mar 26 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How Can We Give Women Equal Access to the Internet? Enter the Writing Contest!
World Pulse is honored to announce the inaugural Lynn Syms Prize in partnership with sculptor and philanthropist Lynn Syms. In 2014, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding grassroots woman and visionary voice using...
Thanks to funding from the Internet Society Community Grant Program as well as from the Information Society Innovation Fund (isif.asia) a computer learning lab has been established at the Chuuk Women’s Council!
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E-waste is growing. Computers, phones and other electronic devices are increasingly being discarded, as StEP’s e-waste world map shows. Planned and perceived obsolescence make us buy more of them, we discard them when we...
Through the course of deploying wireless links in developing countries around the world, Inveneo engineers have discovered quite a few useful tips and tricks that make installing reliable WiFi faster and easier. We like...
Recently Wayan Vota brought up the issue, Where Are the B2B Plays in African ICT Start-Ups? If you’re an entrepreneur, I believe that this is the question you should be asking right now.
When we launched Impact Enterprises...
Very often I hear criticism of ICT projects in the developing world. While a lot of this criticism has justification, or a lack in sustainability, by far the largest criticism I hear is against technology as a mechanism...
Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a time to acknowledge how women’s positions have improved and where work still needs to happen. And the good news is it’s no longer a man’s world within the ICT...
Published on: Mar 05 2014 by Jim Teicher - Comments Off on Is High Impact Digital Learning Possible in Schools without Electricity?
Elementary school students use the adapted interactive whiteboard to bring new light to learning.
CyberSmart Africa’s vision is to provide an effective and highly scalable solution for digital learning in sub-Saharan...
Published on: Mar 03 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How ICTs Enhance Environmental Sustainability Projects
Andris Bjornson – Inveneo
In December, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) hosted its CEO Forum on Innovation Partnership, focusing on the use of ICTs to address global environmental challenges including deforestation,...
Published on: Feb 24 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on RSVP Now for Fail Festival UK 2014 – A Celebration of Failure in Development
Fail Festival – a celebration of failure as a mark of leadership, innovation, and risk-taking in pushing the boundaries of what is possible in scaling ideas from pilots to global programs.
Failure is the f-word of...