Practical Insights on ICT Skills

Free USAID Course: How To Use Mobile Data Solutions for Better Development Outcomes

Free USAID Course: How To Use Mobile Data Solutions for Better Development Outcomes

Published on: Jan 16 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Free USAID Course: How To Use Mobile Data Solutions for Better Development Outcomes
Leading global development organizations are just beginning to utilize mobile technologies to improve the efficiency and quality of the data they collect, manage,...
News Flash: Facebook and Games Are Actually Useful!

News Flash: Facebook and Games Are Actually Useful!

Published on: Jun 09 2014 by Wayan Vota - 1 Comment
How many times have you heard schoolteachers or community officials bemoan how much time youth are “wasting” on social media like Facebook, or playing...
Should Indonesia be Teaching ICT in Schools?

Should Indonesia be Teaching ICT in Schools?

Published on: Apr 14 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Should Indonesia be Teaching ICT in Schools?
Did you know that Indonesia launched a new curriculum last year that removed information technology, among other subjects, in favor of Bahasa Indonesia, nationalism...
Jobs and Skills for Youth: How Telecentres can Make a Difference

Jobs and Skills for Youth: How Telecentres can Make a Difference

Published on: May 28 2013 by Masha Tarle - Comments Off on Jobs and Skills for Youth: How Telecentres can Make a Difference
A young Romanian completes a Skillage application The demand for employees with ICT skills in Europe is growing considerably: as many as 900,000 ICT job vacancies...
4 Reasons Why Short-Term Volunteers Are Bad for ICT4D Projects

4 Reasons Why Short-Term Volunteers Are Bad for ICT4D Projects

Published on: Mar 05 2012 by Wayan Vota - 21 Comments
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...
14 Lucrative ICT Skills for African Software Developers and Designers in 2012

14 Lucrative ICT Skills for African Software Developers and Designers in 2012

Published on: Jan 16 2012 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
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...
How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development

How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development

Published on: Jun 29 2011 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How ICT can improve Technical and Vocational Skills Development
GESCI has recently published two papers trying to tease out key issues related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and their integration to national...
How Can Oil Money Promote ICT Use in Uganda?

How Can Oil Money Promote ICT Use in Uganda?

Published on: May 30 2011 by James Wire - Comments Off on How Can Oil Money Promote ICT Use in Uganda?
“A Primer of Oil Well drilling” by Ron Baker, screamed the headline of the book that a middle aged man was reading on a flight from Johannesburgh to Entebbe....
4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools

4 Reasons why Facebook is an Educational Tool for Schools

Published on: Dec 03 2010 by Wayan Vota - 8 Comments
Recently I helped review the use of information and communication technologies in the Jordanian public school system and I was intrigued to find that Facebook was...