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How to Reduce Misinformation with ICTs in Rural Kenya
Misinformation poses a problem to development both in the developed and developing world. With the rise of ICTs, particularly social media, misinformation is propagated...
10 Best Practices to Reach Communities in Complex Emergencies
You arrive at Bangui airport in the Central African Republic (CAR) from headquarters, you switch on your smartphone to tell your family and colleagues that you’ve...
How SMS Messages Revitalize the Lives of Cambodian Youth
While social media and radio are two of the most popular channels among young people in Cambodia, text messaging has remained a basic mean to send and receive short-yet-useful...
How Refugee Saharawis Use ICTs in Their Fight for Independence
The Story of Western Sahara
The formation of the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, started in 1975, when Spain sold off its former colony to Morocco and...
8 Recommendations for Successful Development and Technology Organization Partnerships
In the ICT4D world we all talk often about working with the private sector, collaboration and partnership with technology companies. The truth is that beside the...
USAID Practitioners Toolkit: Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects
For decades now, radio has been a dominant source of information for farmers in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Although the reach of radio varies from country to country,...
8 Lessons Learned to Improve ICT-enabled FM Radio Station Sustainability
Recently, the African Farm Radio Research Initiative sought to test the effectiveness of a new radio campaign model developed by Farm Radio International: the participatory...
FM Radio is mAgriculture to Small-Scale African Farmers
I am a big fan of FM radio. From my days at IESC Geekcorps, I saw how this “old” technology was still impressive in its reach, cost-effectiveness,...
Radio Communautaire et centre multimedia dans une zone rurale du Burkina Faso
Fondé sur un rapport final de projet ainsi que de conclusions résumant plusieurs réunions de
groupes de réflexions, ce rapport est destiné à tous les acteurs...
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