We are all familiar with the concept of reinventing the flat tire in digital development. That’s when we repackage a known failure as new innovation, usually...
In 2017, Dadaab Refugee Camp was the sixth biggest city in Kenya, with a population of 250,000. With peace returning to Somalia, organisations like the Norwegian...
Building on a child’s language foundation, literacy leads to better health, broadens employment opportunities, and creates safer and more stable societies. However,...
Do you remember when discount stores sold CD-ROMs with 1,000 fonts? Or 1,000 games? Or best of all 1,000 useless software programs? That’s shovelware: tons...
Online learning is not new. And it’s been a round a long time. Yet, if my work in international education development is any indication, there are a number of...
Earlier this month I attended FUTUR.E.S in Africa in Casablanca, the first event to connect French, Moroccan and African digital ecosystems. Startups, academics...
Recently, Kiflom Bezabeh asked an interesting question on LinkedIn’s African ICT Network:
While there were several good answers to Kiflom’s specific...