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Register Now to Learn How to Use Mobile Phones for Public Health
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Help! My Boss Wants a Mobile App
So you work in a development organization, and your boss comes to you and says, “We need an app!” If you’re not quite sure how to respond, don’t...
Are Smartphones Making SMS Projects Obsolete?
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8 Recommendations for Better User Testing of Mobile Products for Women
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Free USAID Course: How To Use Mobile Data Solutions for Better Development Outcomes
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Think: A Tigo Rwanda Start-Up Incubator Idea Gone Bad
thinkRwanda is a new mobile application incubator in Kigali, founded by Tigo Rwanda. It is now accepting applications for a first round of start-ups, who will get...
A $16 Billion Dollar Future in Feature Phone App Development
If you listen to Kennedy Kachwanya, African developers should be developing for smartphones, not feature phones. In fact, just last week, I was talking with Moses...
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