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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
When working with USAID donor funding, the purchase of ICT can be a little complicated. USAID would always ask for the source, origin and nationality of all equipment. That is where the equipment was manufactured, where...
Published on: Jan 25 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Digicel / 5EEE_x3 Schools / Haiti
In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, Haitian citizens and the use of technology, particularly mobile and GIS technologies and social media, proved critical to response and recovery efforts. Ushahidi, NOULA,...
Published on: Jan 25 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on EFACAP School in Lascahobas, Haiti
Green Wifi partnered with teams from Illinois Institute of Technology and Inveneo to bring solar-powered Internet connectivity to the EFACAP school in Lascahobas, Haiti. Thanks in large part to funding from an Internet...
Published on: Jan 24 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on Get an ICT4D Job! Interesting Opportunities in Switzerland, Jordan, Kenya, and United States
Medair International provides emergency relief and rehabilitation to the most vulnerable and difficult-to-reach regions in Africa and Asia in natural disasters, conflict areas, and other extraordinary crises. Medair HQ...
Last year, the Canadian/Indian company Datawind, announced the $35 Aakash Android tablet computer as an ICT solution for education. While I still believe that the Aakash will fail education like OLPC did, do not take...
Published on: Jan 20 2012 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on 19 mHealth Reality Checks from 2011 mHealth Summit
At the 2011 mHealth Summit, James BonTempo and I (supported by Plan International USA and MCHIP via USAID) co-hosted the “mHealth Reality Booth,” which we hoped would bring some mHealth practitioner reality to the Summit...
