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Published on: Aug 06 2010 by Oluniyi Ajao - Comments Off on NCC Wants to Track Nigerians Movements via Mobile Phones
I was attracted by the headline of a news report on 234next.com: Commission to tackle kidnapping with technology
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The spate of kidnapping in the country can be curtailed by embracing...
USAID has just announced a very compelling program for all those who want to see scale in international development. The Development Innovation Ventures Annual Program Statement (a type of RFP) is soliciting proposals in...
Published on: Aug 02 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on The Dangers and Opportunities of Girls in Cyberspace
“Girls in Cyberspace: Dangers and Opportunities” (PDF) from Plan USA examines both the challenges and empowering possibilities facing girls when accessing ICTs (Information Communication Technologies). In many...
Hive Colab is an open, collaborative, community owned, work environment for young tech entrepreneurs to focus on projects, access the internet, have a quiet professional environment to develop their ideas in, hold events...
Published on: Jul 28 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on $100 Million USAID Opportunity for mHealth in Malawi
Check out this 5-year, $100 Million RFA released by USAID, “Malawi Support for Integrated Service Delivery.”
Reading this RFA I couldn’t help but think about recent Technology Salons that showcased how...
Published on: Jul 26 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Low-Cost ICT Devices for Educational Systems in the Developing World
Back at the turn of the century, education was gripped by the diffusion of amazing hand-held devices for children. These tools, at first considered an expensive and delicate novelty, soon became standard for every child...
In a world of increasing complexity organisations cannot afford to rely only on their own expertise and research. They need to associate, collaborate and share. And innovation is a network-endeavour. It relies on having...
Published on: Jul 21 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Magnetic Declination and Aligning WiFi Links
Understanding the difference between Magnetic (Compass) bearing and True bearing is key to aligning WiFi links.
Most wireless network planning software, RadioMobile included, will give you the correct bearing (also...
Published on: Jul 21 2010 by Mariel Verdi - Comments Off on Human Capacity Puzzle Pieces in ICT4D Projects
Many computer labs go unused because no one in the community sees the need to use computers and therefore they have not even learned how to use them. Yet the community cannot return the computers nor afford their upkeep....
Published on: Jul 19 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 6 Lessons ICT4D Practitioners Can Learn From PlayPumps Failure
Children playing on merry-go-rounds can pump ground water to a storage tank, and ads on that tank can pay for pump maintenance. That’s the simple idea behind PlayPumps International, which went from a small South African...
