Practical Insights on Electricity in International Development

Practical Insights on Electricity

Can ICT4D Keep Up With The Speed Of Technology Change?

Published on: Jan 25 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off

What do the Consumer Electronics Show and the Hong Kong Electronics Fair have to do with ICT for Development? The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)...

4 Mobile Money Powered Affordable Solar Electricity Solutions

Published on: Dec 26 2012 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment

Do you see that trend line in the chart above? Do you know what that means? Solar power is getting cheaper by the day, thanks to technological innovation and...

The Reality of Electrical Power Variability in African ICT4D Projects

Published on: Feb 29 2012 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment

Looking at the wavy line above, you could be forgiven if you think that’s a pure sine wave electrical power graph. It is not. It is the electrical power grid...

Inveneo Solar Power Deployment Guide to Building Truly Practical PV Systems for ICT Projects

Published on: Jul 18 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off

Many people believe that solar power is too expensive to use for powering computer installations in remote or rural areas that are without a connection to the AC...

Solar Power for PC Deployments: Enabling ICT Beyond the Grid

Published on: Jul 04 2011 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments

Technology for converting solar energy to electricity was first introduced over 130 years ago, and it has been used to power PCs for more than 20 years. However,...

Solar Power Resources for Designing PV Systems in Rural Computer Projects

Published on: Jun 24 2011 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off

There are two recent developments that have significantly lowered the cost of solar power systems for powering computer installations in remote or rural areas: The...

BB4NG Broadband for Nigeria Needs Electricity

Published on: Aug 13 2010 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off

The Nigeria ICT Forum has a call to action – a call for Broad Band For Nigeria (BB4NG): broadband internet access with speed of at least 4Mbps that is accessible,...

The 3 Reasons Why Kenya is Beating Nigeria in Internet Business Opportunities

Published on: Mar 15 2010 by Wayan Vota - 16 Comments

I was IM’ing with Possicon this weekend about the difference between online business opportunities in Nigeria and Kenya. We both agreed that Nigeria could...

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