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Had I told you in 2000 that Kampala, Uganda would host a TED-type event sponsored by UNICEF and a growing IT incubation center, with notables like New York Times reporters and founders of the World Wide Web, you would’ve...
Published on: Nov 28 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Bringing Black Friday to Africa
Black Friday is a uniquely American tradition – the day after a major holiday we all go shopping. But not just any type of shopping, Black Friday has become a frenzy of consumerism. Every year people are trampled...
Published on: Nov 26 2009 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Skype: Best VoIP Connection to Africa and Asia
I am FJ Cava, and as the Business Support Manager at Inveneo I spend a lot of time communicating with Inveneo business partners throughout Africa and Asia. We’ve tried a lot of communication channels, VoIP Phones, cell-to-cell...
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We’ve seen all manner of business models upended with the digital revolution, from travel agents to the entire music industry. And now, Google has just wiped out another. Its time...
Published on: Nov 18 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How Can We Increase Access to ICT, Today?
1. Keep an Open Mind on What is “ICT”
All too often, we get so caught up in what is shiny, flashy, and new, we come to think of just computers, Internet or mobile phones as the full gamut of information and communication...
Published on: Nov 16 2009 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Knowledge + Power: ICT Impact on Climate Change
At this year’s Development Marketplace 2009 (DM2009) finalist event at the World Bank, I was asked a challenging question: What’s the impact of ICT on climate change?
Of course, information and communication...
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Last week, there was a countrywide blackout in Kenya. The electrical authority, KPLC, took the national electrical grid offline from around 6pm to around 11pm, local time due to a generator...
End users of computers in the developing world often want to engage in activities that are beyond the stock software that comes with popular operating systems, especially Windows XP. But they usually lack the knowledge or...
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During last week’s engaging #SocEntChat around mHealth, organized by Ashoka, I started to wonder what other Twitter chats might be out there.
Thanks to chloevdc, I learned of this...
Recently there’s been a good discussion about cloud computing in Africa, where Ken Banks asks if its “Inappropriate” appropriate technology? Ken starts by suggesting that:
If we take anything that uses...
