Get an ITC4D Job!  Journalism, eHealth, African ICT Policy

Get an ITC4D Job! Journalism, eHealth, African ICT Policy

Published on: Feb 09 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on Get an ITC4D Job! Journalism, eHealth, African ICT Policy
Project Director: Mobile Tech for Journalism: FrontlineSMS has received a grant from the Knight Foundation to design mobile tools for journalists, focusing on audience engagement and mobile reporting. The Project Director...
ICT4D is Better Than Apple at Pleasing Its Customers

ICT4D is Better Than Apple at Pleasing Its Customers

Published on: Feb 08 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICT4D is Better Than Apple at Pleasing Its Customers
In a recent post wondering what Steve Jobs would do in ICT4D, Ken Banks of FrontlineSMS fame bemoaned the lack of customer focus in ICT4D and expected that Apple would do better: Apple would see people as customers, and...
Inveneo Buyers Guide to Sustainable ICT Infrastructure in Low Resource Settings

Inveneo Buyers Guide to Sustainable ICT Infrastructure in Low Resource Settings

Published on: Feb 06 2012 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The Inveneo Buyers Guide to Sustainable ICT Infrastructure in Low Resource Settings is intended to serve as a planning tool for deploying information and communications technologies (ICTs) in low resource settings –...
ICT in Primary Schools are Learning Tools, Not Tools to be Learned

ICT in Primary Schools are Learning Tools, Not Tools to be Learned

Published on: Feb 03 2012 by Lindsay Poirier - 8 Comments
As teachers at a primary school in the Kisongo district of Arusha, Tanzania huddled into their computer lab, they quietly scoffed at me. What can a twenty-something American girl have to say in a meeting with all of us?...
Facebook has 165% User Growth Rate in Africa, But…

Facebook has 165% User Growth Rate in Africa, But…

Published on: Feb 01 2012 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
The fine folks over at oAfrica have complied the Facebook growth rates for the last 18 months and they are stunning. But before you get too excited, they also put these numbers into perspective by comparing the total number...
The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for January 17-31, 2012

The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for January 17-31, 2012

Published on: Jan 31 2012 by Sabina Behague - Comments Off on The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for January 17-31, 2012
Made in Africa: Africa’s first handheld tablet, developed by Verone Mankou of the Republic of Congo, went on sale in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire yesterday (January 30). The “Way-C,” or “light...
You Need an iPad (not Tablet) Strategy in 2012

You Need an iPad (not Tablet) Strategy in 2012

Published on: Jan 30 2012 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
Recently, Apple released its 4th quarter earnings, and the numbers were stunning. Macrumors spells out the highlights of what is now the most valuable public company on earth: Apple shipped 5.2 million Macintosh computers...
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Published on: Jan 28 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on IIT
We Should Celebrate Geographic Codes 935 and 937 in USAID Procurement

We Should Celebrate Geographic Codes 935 and 937 in USAID Procurement

Published on: Jan 27 2012 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
When working with USAID donor funding, the purchase of ICT can be a little complicated. USAID would always ask for the source, origin and nationality of all equipment. That is where the equipment was manufactured, where...