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Recently, TechCrunch made the bold prediction that in five years’ time, most sub-Saharan Africans will have smartphones. At first I thought this just more mobile phone hyperbole. That feature phones will be with us for...
Published on: Jun 11 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Wanna get the inside scoop on ICT4D? Then…
Like ICTworks on Facebook. Yes, we know you hear that often, and usually it’s some hollow gimmick to game folks into inflating a like count. But we have something better.
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Published on: Jun 08 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Twhii: a great Twitter client for Java phones
Twhii is a new Twitter client for Java phones. Mr Mobility says:
For a Java app, Twhii is impressive. It gives advanced Twitter users all the flexibility that they need, and it is also perfectly usable by more basic users....
As governments, USAID, and other development organizations search for ways to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, the e-reader raises a promising opportunity to make progress towards the 2nd Millennium Development...
Published on: Jun 05 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for May 23 – June 5, 2012
eLearning Africa 2012: You’d have to be living under a rock not to have known about the eLearning conference last week. The 7th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education, and Training (eLearning...
At eLearning Africa 2012 there was a strong interactive white board (IWB) presence. Yet I wonder how effective they are for ICT for education interventions in the developing world. I’ve only seen one teacher use...
The National Information Technology Development Agency of Nigeria is enforcing a Federal Government mandatory policy that requires public sector ministries, departments and agencies to procure Nigerian IT products. As...
Published on: May 29 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Get an ICT4D Job! Policy, Health, Management
ICT Policy Specialist: The ICT Sector Unit of the World Bank is recruiting an ICT Policy Specialist through the JPPAD (Junior Professionals Program for Afro-Descendants and US Minorities). The incumbent will work with...
At an ICT4Edu conference in Kyrgyzstan, I was treated to a yelling match between technologists and educators on the brilliance or foolishness of installing Linux-based computers in the Mega Билим project. All the...
In Kyrgyzstan, the mobile phone company MegaCom is installing computers in 17 rural schools and training the school Information Science Teacher on ICT in the Mega Билим project. MegaCom is also giving 1 month free...
