ICTworks

Senior Project Manager: Inveneo, the parent company of this very ICTworks site, is looking for a hands-on Senior Project Manager with deep experience in implementing computing and wireless networking projects internationally,...

I am a big fan of FM radio. From my days at IESC Geekcorps, I saw how this “old” technology was still impressive in its reach, cost-effectiveness, and simplicity. Less you forget, radio is still the...

If you were to think about what Internet cafes might look like in 5 years, I bet you might imagine something like the photo above. A clean, modern cyber cafe run by a mobile phone provider as a way to showcase broadband...

Made in Africa – Again! This time it’s the Cardiopad, a touch-screen medical tablet that enables heart exams to be performed in remote, rural locations while the results can be transmitted wirelessly to specialists...

A recent post from Eva Schiffer on “agile international development” prompted me to share more widely some reflections I have been brooding on for quite a while on the very same topic. I am Mitchell Toomey and...

tweetmeme_source = 'ICT_works'; If you follow the #ICT4D hashtag on Twitter, you’ll see a strong, focused conversation around the use of ICT in international development. Happily, the ICTworks helped create that...

Project Director: Mobile Tech for Journalism: FrontlineSMS has received a grant from the Knight Foundation to design mobile tools for journalists, focusing on audience engagement and mobile reporting. The Project Director...

In a recent post wondering what Steve Jobs would do in ICT4D, Ken Banks of FrontlineSMS fame bemoaned the lack of customer focus in ICT4D and expected that Apple would do better: Apple would see people as customers, and...

The Inveneo Buyers Guide to Sustainable ICT Infrastructure in Low Resource Settings is intended to serve as a planning tool for deploying information and communications technologies (ICTs) in low resource settings –...