Don’t Build It. A Guide for ICT4D Practitioners to Just Say No
The central problem of software is that anything can be built.
With a physical structure, nature and physics puts some constraints on the space of ideas. With software,...
Aid Evolved Podcast: The Costly Business of Free Software
Aid, Evolved is a podcast about technology, poverty, and health. Every two weeks we’ll bring you a new episode about doing good, better. Our conversations are...
Aid Evolved Podcast: Building a Technology Team in Kenya
Aid, Evolved is a podcast about technology, poverty, and health. Every two weeks we’ll bring you a new episode about doing good, better. Our conversations are...
How Open Web Applications Can Improve Your Digital Health Solution
OpenMRS is one of the best examples of a successful digital health global good. Right now this electronic medical records software supports almost 9 million patients...
The Software Skills That Pay the Most in 2018
We are often asked by a lot of software developers what are the most in-demand programming skills and how the market is developing. So, we’ve taken a dive into...
Why African Entrepreneurs Should Build Software Products For The Global Market
I am Fritz Ekwoge and I’ve spent three years running a Cameroonian startup, carving my niche with B2C products for the African market. This is what I have...
Are There Only 4,527 Open Source Software Developers in All of Africa?
In an effort to help promote, highlight and grow Africa coders Matt Berg created a Mapbox map which shows the location and density existing GitHub users (primarily...
The Problems with UNICEF Software Developer Hiring Practicies in Uganda
I am David McCann and I’d like to tell you that UNICEF Uganda is hiring. If this job description seems dauntingly ambitious, that’s because it is....
Twhii: a great Twitter client for Java phones
Twhii is a new Twitter client for Java phones. Mr Mobility says:
For a Java app, Twhii is impressive. It gives advanced Twitter users all the flexibility that...
The Bi-Weekly Retrospective: Important Links for January 3-17, 2012
Educational Technology: So much talk these days about educational technology in the developing world and whether it’s really an efficient tool for improving...