7 African Mobile Phone Service Tariffs and Bundles
Across Africa, telecom operators have started bundling voice, SMS, and data services to maintain revenues in light of the increasing popularity of VoIP and mobile...
3 Steps for Data Transformation: Turning Numbers into Knowledge
Do you feel like there’s a new software or platform offered every day, promising to streamline your business process, reduce costs, and make you an instant data...
What’s the Best IT Equipment to Use in Harsh Environments?
ICT4D practitioners work in all kinds of difficult weather conditions and environments. Dust, humidity, unreliable power, heat, and blowing sand can all make it...
Keepod: Wasting $40,000 to Reinvent Linux on a Stick
There’s been a lot of news outlets covering Keepod, which claims to “overcome most of the traditional constraints that are preventing personal computing...
An African LTE Mobile Network Future
This entry is part 4 of 6 in my series Africa and Spectrum 2.0
If you follow communication infrastructure in Africa, you would be forgiven if you have begun to...
How Does the New Haitian Sûrtab Tablet Measure Up?
Since 2013, consumers have had their eye on a new Haitian-made tablet, known as the Sûrtab. It’s price and weight may seem ideal, but how does it measure up...
Will Mobile Technologies Solve Energy Poverty in India?
Geetanjali is a 20-year-old Indian girl; she comes from a poor family; and her dream is to open her own designer shop when she graduates from college. Thanks tomobile...
9 Criteria to Evaluate an Existing Software Code Base
One of the services Sonjara offers is a Technology Evaluation. Usually a client has inherited an existing website or application and they need an independent evaluation...
Technology Salon: How Are We Making Affordable Broadband Internet Access a Reality?
San Francisco Technology Salon: Sign Up to Get Invited
We all know that broadband connectivity is an accelerant for social and economic development. The last year...
Introducing Inveneo’s Solar-Powered WiFi Hat Initiative: The WiHat
In an effort to increase the reach of existing networks and contribute to efforts to connect the next billion Internet users, Inveneo has come up with a simple principle...