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Recently, Ory Okolloh tweeted an observation I often comment on when I am talking with techies all excited about start-ups in Africa:
There is a real need to focus on enterprise and B2B opportunities for upcoming techies...
Go ahead, name them. Yes, count them off with your fingers. I bet you can name six in less than 60 seconds. You probably got to 16 or 26 in that time period. Bonus points if you add your list in the comments section.
Well...
Published on: Jan 10 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Get a Dream Job in ICT4D and Fulfill Another News Year’s Resolution
Do you love your job? I mean really love your job? Or do you go to work every day because that pays the bills? Might it be time to look for a dream job? One where you look forward to your work. Where it doesn’t even...
Published on: Jan 08 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Please RSVP Now: How Can We Use Drones for Development?
We all know the military and surveillance applications of drones, and we can dream of Amazon Prime Air, but how can unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) be used to improve peoples lives? What innovations with remotely piloted...
Published on: Jan 06 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Fulfill a News Year’s Resolution: Increase Your Professional Profile
Welcome to 2014! Now that we are all back to work, its time for you to check off one of your New Year’s resolutions – increasing your professional profile – with a quick and easy Guest Post on ICTworks.
Jot...
I am Christine Prefontaine and I learned about Mozilla because a good friend of mine started working there. Before, like many of you, I thought of them only as the-people-who-make-Firefox. But they’re way more than that.
They’re...
The UN Global Pulse has published ‘Mobile Phone Network Data for Development’, a primer on how analysis of Call Detail Records (CDRs) can provide valuable information for humanitarian and development purposes.
‘Mobile...
In reading the GiveDirectly study on cash transfers, Chris Blattman’s analysis, and the background research on both mobile money and cash transfers, I’ve come to agree with a point that Chris made in a Technology...
Published on: Dec 12 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Can We Transform Transportation with ICT?
San Francisco Tech Salon: RSVP Now
In the US we take detailed Google Maps for granted. Walk, bicycle, bus, or car, we are presented with options at the touch of a phone screen. In many cities, we can also pay for bus...
Published on: Dec 11 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Women Gain When You Give Poor People Cash via Mobile Money
That’s the basic question asked by GiveDirectly in their overall business model to give unconditional cash transfers to poor Kenyans via M-Pesa. Based on a large evidence base, they believed it would have a net positive...
