The Bi-Weekly ICT4D Retrospective: Important Links for February 29 – March 13, 2012
BoP Women and Mobile Tech To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, the GSMA mWomen Programme published a study called “Striving and Surviving...
4 Reasons Why Short-Term Volunteers Are Bad for ICT4D Projects
Those of us working in ICT4D often get offers of short-term volunteer support from well-meaning folks who want to help expand the use of technology in Africa. People...
Get an ICT4D Job with Inveneo, Catholic Relief Services, or infoDev
Senior Project Manager: Inveneo, the parent company of this very ICTworks site, is looking for a hands-on Senior Project Manager with deep experience in implementing...
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...
14 Lucrative ICT Skills for African Software Developers and Designers in 2012
In the American and European technology space there’s a growing problem. There’s so much funding available for early stage startups that everyone and their...
Is the OLPC XO-3.0 the Right Education Tablet for Schools in Africa?
I am Mbwana Alliy of Afrinnovator, and in my last post, I predicted tablets would start surfacing into the mainstream in Africa this year, especially within...
ICTworks Profile of Esoko: Bringing the Market to Africa’s Fingertips
It was a normal day by Accra standards. I walked out of the house ready to make my way to the center of town for an interview with a homegrown tech company; Esoko....
Pedagogical Integration of ICT: Successes and Challenges from 87 African Schools
Conclusions from Pedagogical Integration of ICT: Successes and Challenges from 87 African Schools
Analysis of the data collected by the 12 national research teams...
ICTWorks Video Interview: Oluniyi David Ajao of Web4Africa on Website Hosting in Africa
As the Information and Communications Technology sector booms in Africa, it is interesting to see the progress of organizations that got started at the inception...
VC4Africa
VC4Africa.com believes that entrepreneurship should be the main driver in Africa’s economic growth, in particular the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)...