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In November, I uncovered Envaya’s work mentioned briefly in a posting about Tanzanian innovators on Afrinovator. I reached out and spoke with its cofounders, heard more of their story, and decided that an organization...
Published on: Dec 27 2010 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on 5 Ways ICT Can Support the Millennium Development Goals
I’ve been putting together my thoughts around girls, child rights, information and communication technologies and the Millennium Development Goals. The angle I’m taking is not from the large donor, top down, huge...
Published on: Dec 24 2010 by Steve Vosloo - Comments Off on Yoza Excites African Teenagers to Love Reading Using Mobile Phones
We’ve all heard the hype about eReaders bringing digital books to the masses. But often those “masses” are high-end consumers in the developed world who are reading for leisure and pleasure. So what about...
The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) – selects and promotes best practice in e-Content and technological creativity, demonstrates young people’s potential to create outstanding digital contents and serves as a platform...
Published on: Dec 20 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Are 90% of Nigerian Primary School Teachers Computer Illiterate?!
The Daily Trust reports that the chairperson of World Federation of Engineering Organisation (WFEO) and Women Engineers (WIE), Engineer Mrs Joama O. Maduka, said about 90 per cent of primary school teachers are not computer...
Recently at an mHealth meeting, I overheard an interesting comment. One of the speakers mentioned that Interactive Voice Response (IVR) is popular in South Asia but has little uptake in Africa, yet Short Message Service...
Published on: Dec 16 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on ICT4Drinks – the Happy Hour for technology and development professionals in DC, SF, NYC, and SEA
Are you a technology or development professional who would love to converse with your peers in an informal, after-hours setting? Would you be in New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, or Seattle?
Then be sure to sign...
Published on: Dec 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Kenya’s Mobile Data Price War Results: 116% Growth in Mobile Advertising
BuzzCity, a mobile media company, is charting the impact of the mobile data price war between Safaricom and Bharti Airtel. Buzz City serves mobile ads, and in the 3rd Quarter of 2010, it served 506 million ad impressions...
Published on: Dec 13 2010 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on 3-step framework to integrate ICTs into development
Editing video to promote social change
Building on my panel discussion around ICT and Millennium Development Goals, my perspective is less from a top down, big business, giant project point of view. In my work, I look at...
Ah the fabled Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos – the Silicon Valley of West Africa. Messy, unregulated, and wild, it was the digital mother that created Nigeria’s Internet powerhouse. Almost all of Nigeria’s,...
