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Published on: Mar 25 2011 by Mouhamadou Ly - Comments Off on Radio Communautaire et centre multimedia dans une zone rurale du Burkina Faso
Fondé sur un rapport final de projet ainsi que de conclusions résumant plusieurs réunions de
groupes de réflexions, ce rapport est destiné à tous les acteurs dans le domaine de l’agriculture et du développement rural...
Published on: Mar 23 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on USAID Lessons Learned in ICT for Distribution and Supply Chain Management in sub-Saharan African Agriculture
Using ICT to manage distribution and supply chains can increase efficiency and predictability and reduce waste in value chains and have positive impacts on all market actors. ICT applications presented in this paper are divided...
Published on: Mar 21 2011 by Mouhamadou Ly - Comments Off on Ben White, founder of VC4Africa, shares his thoughts on crowdsourcing business opportunities in Africa
Ben White, founder of VC4Africa an online platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building innovative and sustainable ventures in Africa, shares his thoughts on crowdsourcing business opportunities...
Published on: Mar 18 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on USAID Lessons Learned in Using Mobile Money to Enhance Agriculture Development
Where agriculture development projects find access to financial services a key constraint to success, m-money and m-banking services are potentially important tools to leverage. Such services can:
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Published on: Mar 16 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Mobile Money’s Innovation and Impact Isn’t Targeted at Women… Yet
According to Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity (PDF), authored by Vital Wave Consulting and sponsored by the GSMA Development Fund and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, the 73% of women in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Published on: Mar 15 2011 by Ritse Erumi - Comments Off on The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Special Edition
Welcome to the ICTworks bi-weekly ICT4D Retrospective, where we condense the last two weeks of news into a succinct list of links for your perusal. If you want your news to be featured, email them to ritse [at] ritseonline...
Published on: Mar 14 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Six Business Models to Increase Internet Access in Mali
Research shows that increasing access to information communication and technology (ICT) increases economic growth. In Mali, access to ICT products – especially the Internet – is extremely limited. According to the International...
Published on: Mar 11 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Modeles d’Entreprises en vue d’Ameliorer l’Access a l’Internet au Mali
La recherche montre que l’amélioration de l’accès aux technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) accélère la croissance économique. Au Mali, l’accès aux produits des TIC – en particulier l’Internet...
I am very interested in HIC4D, the emerging discipline of human computer interaction for development, and recently interviewed Tapan Parikh.
Tapan is an assistant professor of at the University of California, Berkeley. His...
The practice of Information and Communication Technology for Development enjoys a host of disciplines within the sector (m4d, health informatics, e-governance, etc), some enjoying more popularity then others. Although, a...
