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How to deploy ICT4D projects in LMICs?

Learn how to implement ICT4D projects in developing countries with lessons learned from leading digital development practitioners condensed into “How To Guides.” These step-by-step instructions will guide you to successful and sustainable digital solutions in health, education, agriculture, and economic development.

How to Guides for ICT4D projects can be a valuable resource for humanitarian organizations looking to improve their efforts in four ways:

  • Providing guidance and best practices: “How-to guides” can offer detailed instructions and best practices for implementing ICT4D projects. These resources can help organizations avoid common pitfalls and ensure that their projects are well-designed, effective, and sustainable.
  • Saving time and resources: By providing clear and concise instructions, “how-to guides” can save humanitarian organizations time and resources that would otherwise be spent on trial-and-error. This allows organizations to focus on other critical aspects of their work, such as outreach and impact measurement.
  • Encouraging collaboration: “How-to guides” can help promote collaboration between organizations and individuals working on ICT4D projects by providing a common framework and language for discussing project design and implementation.
  • Enhancing impact: By providing guidance on effective project design and implementation, “how-to guides” can help organizations improve the impact of their ICT4D projects. This can lead to better outcomes for the communities they serve and a more significant contribution to broader humanitarian efforts.

How To Guides will help you figure out what works in leadership, innovation, and risk-taking as you push the boundaries of what is possible in scaling ideas from pilots to global programs.

How To Guides for You

Here is our ever-expanding list of How To Guides for digital development programming for international development initiatives. We hope they will help you learn how to succeed with ICT4D

How to Leverage Online Games for Social Impact

How to Leverage Online Games for Social Impact

Published on: Oct 30 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How to Leverage Online Games for Social Impact
Games have been a point of contention in the education technology field for well over a decade, but thanks to the raw determination of Henry Jenkins, James Gee,...
How to Launch a Tech Hardware Startup in Africa

How to Launch a Tech Hardware Startup in Africa

Published on: May 14 2013 by Aaron Mason - 2 Comments
On May 28, join a conversation with Verone Mankou, designer of Africa’s first tablet computer. RSVP today. Bringing a new product to market is no easy task. In...
How to Use Technology for Citizen Participation

How to Use Technology for Citizen Participation

Published on: Feb 10 2013 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
The model citizen participation process has citizens holding their governments accountable to deliver quality public services in a transparent and responsive manner....
How to Win the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge? Give Women Mangos

How to Win the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge? Give Women Mangos

Published on: Dec 14 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on How to Win the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge? Give Women Mangos
Wednesday was the last day to submit your entry for the GSMA mWomen Design Challenge to redefine the user experience of mobile phones to meet the needs of resource-poor...
How to Use Data Visualization for Immigration Advocacy

How to Use Data Visualization for Immigration Advocacy

Published on: Dec 13 2012 by Linda Raftree - Comments Off on How to Use Data Visualization for Immigration Advocacy
The November 14, 2012, Technology Salon NYC (TSNYC) focused on ways that ICTs can support work with children who migrate. An earlier post covers the discussion around...
USAID Practitioners Toolkit: Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects

USAID Practitioners Toolkit: Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects

Published on: Nov 16 2012 by Josh Woodard - Comments Off on 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,...
The Mobile Learning Toolkit for ICT4D Trainers

The Mobile Learning Toolkit for ICT4D Trainers

Published on: Jul 27 2012 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The Mobile Learning Toolkit for ICT4D Trainers
The Mobile Learning Toolkit is the result of research into mobile phone use and user needs within the African context, however it has been developed for use in all...
6 Simple Guidelines for ICT4D Project Success

6 Simple Guidelines for ICT4D Project Success

Published on: Jul 16 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Ajay Kumar and after reflecting on some of my past ICT4D projects, and trying to study the thought process of some of the projects that I have worked on,...
How to Improve Technology Tenders in ICT for Development

How to Improve Technology Tenders in ICT for Development

Published on: Apr 30 2012 by Wayan Vota - 4 Comments
Yet again, I see another government tender for technology to improve the social and economic development of a country that is based around processor speed or operating...
How to Use “How To” Videos to Change Practitioners Behaviors

How to Use “How To” Videos to Change Practitioners Behaviors

Published on: Apr 27 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
I am Ann Jimerson, a behavior change specialist for Alive & Thrive at FHI 360. While working on a U.S.-based project on obesity, I’d had a gratifying...