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Published on: Jan 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on January #ICT4D Twitter Chat: Working with Local Governments
Local governments – from regional to village level – can be both a help and a hindrance to information and communication technology deployments in the developing world. Yet they usually cannot be avoided.
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Have you wondered how microfinance institutions (MFI’s) could leverage short message services (SMS) text messages to provide most cost-effective loans to their customers? Ben Lyons of FrontlineSMS:Credit has, and he’s...
If you ask any parent from Kenya to Ghana, they’ll all agree they want their children to have access to educational information and communication technologies like computers and the Internet. But often they cannot...
I am often asked about cyber security on WiFi networks for international development projects in rural Africa. My response is usually a laugh, as I find it hard to believe that anyone would have both the cunning and the...
If you’re an expert in information and communication technologies in Kenya, Nigeria, or Ghana, and looking for a new job, where do you find employment opportunities?
I was wondering this as I read about Jobberman,...
Published on: Dec 28 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Seamlessly Transfer Data Between Google Earth and Radio Mobile
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It’s the classic dilemma: Google Earth has the fantastic interface you need to keep track of your GPS data, and high resolution imagery that lets you find the exact spot on the...
Published on: Dec 23 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Rose Shuman’s Open Question on Question Box
Now that you know about YouTube Feather, its time for you to use it to learn about Question Box.
Sign up for Feather and then listen to Rose Shuman of Open Mind, talk about Question Box, a local language information hotline...
Published on: Dec 21 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on YouTube Feather: Low Bandwidth Video Viewing
Trying to watch a YouTube video on the low-bandwidth connections common in Africa is an experience in frustration. Download speeds are so slow that you often wait more than a minute for every minute of video. A 5 minute YouTube...
Published on: Dec 18 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Win $250,000 for Innovative Solar Power and Customer Financing Systems
Solar energy provides a clean, sustainable, and reliable electrical source. Yet solar power is expensive and in the developing world, buyers often do not have the ability to purchase these systems. So they buy dirty, unreliable,...
While many practitioners and pundits in the ICT4D community agree that the field has had more than its share of failure – with some even claiming an unbroken string of failures – little work has gone into understanding...
