3 Stages of ICT4D Solution Maturity: From Pilots to Professionalization
Needs, markets, and innovation combine to produce technological change. This is as true in the international development sector as it is anywhere else. And within...
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Your Current ICT4D Skills Should Be Obsolete in Five Years
What is the role of ICT4D professionals within an international development organization? I was recently asked this question by three large USAID implementing partners....
How We Get 80 Percent Engagement with Our HIV ART Mobile App
Over 50% of HIV-positive adolescents in Western Kenya fail to adhere to antiretroviral therapy (ART), despite the availability of free services and medications....
How Mobile Applications are Documenting Property Rights in Zambia
There is a silent race running through developing countries around the world – a race for access to land and the knowledge of whom the land belongs. The race...
Cloud Computing for Development: A Four-Stage Analysis of Public, Private, and Hybrid Solutions
The idea of using the cloud for development is gaining popularity. In a 2013 assessment of “The Cloud Economy and Developing Countries” United Nations Secretary-General...
7 Training Tips for Launching a Mobile Data Collection Platform
Effective training is a critical building block of any successful mobile data collection project. Data management systems require ongoing maintenance updates. Without...
Pop Quiz: Who Owns Your Data?
You’ve proudly collected data on thousands of constituents, and you are using it to improve your programs. Great! You are ahead of your peers who may not...
5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Data Security Today
Close your eyes and imagine you’re being interviewed about your sexual behaviors, your finances, and your health conditions – and then asked the same questions...
If You Are Still Collecting Data on Paper, You Are Wasting Everyone’s Time
Way back in 2001, Satellife pioneered the use of PDA’s for health-related data collection in Uganda and Kenya. In the 15 years since, Satellife became the...
Stop Funding Data for Superman Systems!
The data revolution is well upon us, with the total data produced doubling every two years. Organizations are processing of an over-abundance of data using a variety...
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