The Latest
The information technology field is very male dominated. In fact, it can often feel like an all-boys club, where women are not always welcome. This disappoints me greatly for two main reasons:
Women should be half the...
Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Winrock International
Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources.
Winrock matches...
Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ECHOES-ICT Nkonya Multi-Purpose School-Based Resource Center
The goal of ECHOES-ICT is to Empower Rural cocoa communities through access to local ICTs and Community Centers.
Objectives:
Develop one Multi Purpose School Based Resource Center (MPSBRC) with 10 computers in Nkonya in...
Published on: May 25 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 1Village Ltd.
Mission:
1ViLLAGE is registered in Ghana (West Africa) to provide ICT for Development services and undertake research especially on the African continent. Our mission is to empower communities with appropriate ICTs that...
Facebook has finally launched Facebook Zero in 10 African countries (and 45 countries globally), and I say this is reason to celebrate!
While Kevin Donovan worries about the impact of Facebook’s lack of privacy concerns...
Published on: May 24 2010 by Miriam Young - Comments Off on Déchets électroniques
http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/114/article_82166.asp
Published on: May 24 2010 by Miriam Young - Comments Off on DRAFT – Expédition Africaine
Avec les douanes, les frais de port, les taxes inattendues, l’expédition du matériel informatique aux déstinations africaines peut ressembler à une vraie expédition d’aventure pour les entrepreneurs TIC africains....
Quand on parle de la promotion des TIC dans les milieux ruraux en Afrique, en quelle langue faut-il parler ? Il y a des centaines de langues en Afrique, représentant une vraie richesse culturelle, mais quelles sont les considérations...
Published on: May 17 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on $4 Million Dollar Business Opportunity: Mobile Phone Music Downloads
When Russel Southwood of Balancing Act, interviewed Ken Njoroge, CEO of Cellulant, on mobile phone music downloads, I was expecting a general overview of the musical tastes of Kenyans. How wrong was I!
In his telling interview,...
All across Nepal, and especially in Kathmandu, there is daily electrical system “load shedding” – which is a polite way of describing 10-14 hour blackouts across the city.
During the dry season, when there...
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
