How We Can Excite Youth By Using ICT in Agriculture
About six years ago, I was in Uganda as part of a team undertaking an agriculture policy assessment. One of the more interesting sound bites regarding agriculture...
Guess Which Communications Platform Youth Prefer Today?
Youth are adopting new technology faster and smarter than the general population. We know this anecdotally and witness it in our daily lives as we interact with...
What Are Dell, Micromax Informatics, and Others Doing in ICT4D?
While the rapid development of information and other technologies has brought the world closer together, it has also contributed to highlighting some of the glaring...
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 Ugandan Youth Are Making Money with ICT for Agriculture
Uganda has the world’s youngest population with over 78 percent of its population below the age of 30. Though the country also has one of the highest youth unemployment...
Are We Using Facebook Enough?
In the developing world, a teacher’s connection to information and his or her personal learning network are key factors in the quality of education students receive,...
The Role of ICTs in Child and Youth Migration and Mobility
Migration has been a part of the human experience since the dawn of time, and populations have always moved in search of resources and better conditions. Today,...
Bask in the Technology Spotlight at the 2013 Global Youth Economic Opportunities Conference
Youth today have unprecedented access to information with near ubiquitous Internet access powered by radical increases in mobile technology and new low-cost...
Technology View From Youth in Sierra Leone, Sweden, Indonesia and Uganda
Recently, 600 exceptional youth activists from 80 countries arrived to New York City for a UN Takeover, where they called for urgent action by member states...
126 Million Reasons to Use Mobile Solutions in Education
126 million. The old adage says that there is strength in numbers, but in this case it is a sign of a global society that either cares too little or is not imaginative...