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With much hoopla, India has announced that it has a $65 Android tablet it is willing to subsidize to $35 for students and teachers. This has reignited the debate around hardware price points for educational devices –...
This week, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) announced the Aakash, a “$35” Android tablet computer they are boastfully claiming is the world’s cheapest tablet for education. This...
Have you seen the 1990-film “Class of 1999?” In it, a Seattle school system is so ridden with gang violence and drug abuse that not even the police will dare to intervene. The Department of Defense is brought...
It was a normal day by Accra standards. I walked out of the house ready to make my way to the center of town for an interview with a homegrown tech company; Esoko. I hailed a taxi and started haggling with the driver, once...
Published on: Oct 03 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on What Should We Do About the eWaste in ICT4D?
Over the past few years of activity on the Educational technology Debate forum, we’ve read a lot of many examples of how ICT in education projects have improved and innovated practice, making access to education more modern...
Recently Ian Thorpe took advantage of a unique feature of Google Plus, the ability to create and share “circles” to produce a circle of over 70 international development thought leaders who are on Google+. A...
Published on: Sep 28 2011 by Tyrone Hall - Comments Off on iPads in Rural Agriculture: Glitz Toys or ICT4Ag Business Tool?
This month’s Technology Salon ICT4Ag – Enriching rural coffee farmers via iPads raised a couple of eyebrows from the outset. How can Exprima Media and Sustainable Harvest realistically improve rural coffee farming...
Published on: Sep 26 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Internet Connectivity Options and Status in Rural Kenya
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I am David Scanell and I would like to describe the Internet access landscape in Kisumu and Nyanza from my personal experience. Now this just Western Kenya, so I can’t...
Technology is progressive. It is constantly changing and evolving as new components make their way into the field.
For ICT4D professionals, this should be exciting. It means that brand new tools are constantly being added...
Published on: Sep 22 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on e-Village
The main objective is to carry out research based project and works on basis for promotions of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in rural East Africa for socio-economic development of the region and bridging...
