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3 Uncommon Ways ICT Can Aid Delivery of High Impact Agricultural Research and Development
September 29, 2017 Editor 0
Delivery of scalable agricultural intervention and development can be enhanced using contemporary ICT tools. Such ICT-driven revolution is imperative to meet the nutrition needs of growing global population, which is projected to reach 9 Billion by year 2050. For instance, the first three sustainable development goals (SDGs) have strong implication for smallholder farmers who mostly […]
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A 6 Step Guide to Platforms in International Development
May 25, 2015 Editor 0
Platform seems to be one of the biggest buzzwords in the field of international development these days. Popping up worldwide, platforms bring opportunities, challenges and questions with them. The biggest of all being: what do we mean when we say platform? In the view of Butterfly Works, it is not simply a website or a […]
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How ICT Can Have Socioeconomic Impact on Base of the Pyramid Consumers
May 10, 2015 Editor 0
ICT has long been talked about as a lever that would enable developing countries – and particularly the least developed ones – to take “shortcuts” to development by using the latest generation of equipment and software, hence avoiding the decades of trial and error that developed countries have gone through. Indeed ICT has potential for […]
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4 Questions for Internet.org as Internet for the Poor
May 10, 2015 Editor 0
Approximately 80% of the world’s population lives in areas already covered by 2G or 3G networks. The coverage is mostly urban, with the basic infrastructure already constructed by mobile service providers. So in these locations, the main obstacle to Internet access is not being able to afford it. As a solution, Facebook launched its Internet.org […]
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The Best Practices in the Use of ICTs in Development Are…
March 31, 2014 Editor 0
How are advances in communications technologies driving transformational change in development? United Methodist Communications recently published a discussion paper to help answer this question and to give ICT practitioners a list of the best practices in the use of ICTs for development. You can download the paper for free here. First, rising access to modern […]
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Developing an ICT Hub model for the rural tech community in Kenya
October 27, 2013 Editor 0
ICT Hubs growth across Africa has so far been seen as a nexus point for economic growth and ‘techprenuership’ development in Africa. In addition, these innovation spaces can be viewed as a catalyst for socio-economic development through creation of technology-led entrepreneurs and youth employment. In Kenya, it is evident that majority of the ICT Hubs […]
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