Make Your Digital Service Work Offline, Online and Everywhere in Between
There used to be a clear divide between “online” and “offline”. Before the mobile Internet, when you were online you could download as much as you wanted....
Wow! 33% of COVID-19 Digital Learning Platforms Already Failed
Amid the global learning crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, technology-enabled remote learning became a lifeline for many children and young people. However, the...
The Surprising Challenge to Remote Training Success in DRC
When Pierre Akilimali was asked to hold a remote training for his Kinshasa- and Kongo Central-based resident enumerators in April 2020, he was rightly skeptical....
The ICT4D Guilty Pleasure: Reinventing Digital Wheels for Donors
We are all familiar with the concept of reinventing the flat tire in digital development. That’s when we repackage a known failure as new innovation, usually...
5 Reasons Why International Development Needs Content Strategy
International development organizations are full of smart, pragmatic people. But just as the rise of digital has disrupted public, private, and nonprofit organizations...
How Can We Make Cloud Solutions Relevant in the Offline World?
I am Amos Cruz and below are my thoughts around a recent Technology Salon on “How Can We Make ‘Cloud’ Solutions Relevant in the Offline World”...
An ICT4E Lesson Learned: Offline Content is Key
I recently made one of the biggest ICT4D mistakes in the book. Pay close attention, and see if you can pick it out.
When I was in Arusha, Tanzania last month, I...