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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...
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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...
Published on: Feb 09 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on Get an ITC4D Job! Journalism, eHealth, African ICT Policy
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...
Published on: Feb 08 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICT4D is Better Than Apple at Pleasing Its Customers
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 –...
As teachers at a primary school in the Kisongo district of Arusha, Tanzania huddled into their computer lab, they quietly scoffed at me. What can a twenty-something American girl have to say in a meeting with all of us?...
The fine folks over at oAfrica have complied the Facebook growth rates for the last 18 months and they are stunning.
But before you get too excited, they also put these numbers into perspective by comparing the total number...
Published on: Jan 31 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for January 17-31, 2012
Made in Africa: Africa’s first handheld tablet, developed by Verone Mankou of the Republic of Congo, went on sale in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire yesterday (January 30). The “Way-C,” or “light...
Recently, Apple released its 4th quarter earnings, and the numbers were stunning. Macrumors spells out the highlights of what is now the most valuable public company on earth:
Apple shipped 5.2 million Macintosh computers...
Published on: Jan 28 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on IIT
