Are Smartphones Making SMS Projects Obsolete?
Are SMS projects still relevant? Are toll-free phone numbers still needed? As more and more people in developing countries have access to cheap smartphones and...
Is ICT4D Dooming Poor People to Greater Income Inequality?
I firmly believe in Kentaro Toyama’s maxim that technology magnifies human intent (read his book Geek Heresy?), and since I am an optimist, I therefore believe...
Key Success Factors for ICT4D Solutions for Base of the Pyramid Consumers
Over the past decade, many organizations have leveraged newly available broadband to set up sustainable projects that better include the base of the pyramid (BOP)...
How ICT Can Have Socioeconomic Impact on Base of the Pyramid Consumers
ICT has long been talked about as a lever that would enable developing countries – and particularly the least developed ones – to take “shortcuts”...