Are Smartphones Making SMS Projects Obsolete?
Are SMS projects still relevant? Are toll-free phone numbers still needed? As more and more people in developing countries have access to cheap smartphones and...
Top Tips for Training Outreach Workers on Mobile Data Collection
Recently in the blog post entitled Top Tips for Converting Paper Forms to Digital Mobile Forms, I discussed Equal Access’ transition from paper-based to mobile...
Please RSVP Now for MERL Tech: The Future of Technology in M&E, Research, and Learning
New technologies are creating a data-driven revolution in monitoring development programs and evaluating short and long-term impact, resulting in more responsive,...
How Refugee Saharawis Use ICTs in Their Fight for Independence
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The formation of the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, started in 1975, when Spain sold off its former colony to Morocco and...
5 Insights for Better Mobile-First Web Solutions
I’ve been producing and managing successful M4Dev services for 5 years now in my role as product & project manager at Every1Mobile, and along the way I’ve...
Please Stop Asking for Equipment Donations. There is NO Hardware Santa Claus
Recently, I was asked to help find a donor that would give a program several hundred Android tablets to support a new ICT4D initiative. I was a little surprised...
VAS Vendors: The M4D Partners You Did Not Know You Were Missing
Imagine gaining 200K subscribers in two weeks in Zimbabwe or reaching 11 million subscribers in Bihar, India through a mobile for development program. Either would...
Stop Reinventing the Flat Tire with Custom Software Development
News flash: most nonprofits are terrible at software development, open-sourcing is not a sustainability plan, and constantly re-inventing the wheel is a poor way...
Why BIG Data Matters for Lower Mekong Countries
While big data represents a new era of computing, what does it mean for civil society organizations in Southeast Asia? How can nations in the Lower Mekong harvest...
3 Steps to Implement USAID Open Data Policy ADS 579
As promised, here is an overview of the steps needed to create an open data plan in order to be compliant with USAID’s new Open Data Policy It is really easy...
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