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Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?
January 2, 2015 Editor Comments Off on Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?
ICT4D is a small, but growing community working on the massive challenge of bringing Internet connectivity to the world. As such, effectively conveying the meaning and opportunity of our work to people other than the few that already understand it, be it government officials, investors, grantmakers, or even telecommunications operators, becomes a massively important task. […]
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How ICTs Enhance Environmental Sustainability Projects
March 11, 2014 Editor 0
Andris Bjornson – Inveneo In December, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) hosted its CEO Forum on Innovation Partnership, focusing on the use of ICTs to address global environmental challenges including deforestation, over fishing, climate change, food security and sustainable cities. Participants from the private and public sectors shared opinions on technologies, interventions and partnerships, and […]
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3 Signs That Women Are Gaining Power in the ICT Industry
March 8, 2014 Editor 0
Today we celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s a time to acknowledge how women’s positions have improved and where work still needs to happen. And the good news is it’s no longer a man’s world within the ICT community! As access to education increases and rigid social norms regarding women fall away, women are taking a […]
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You Can Change the World of Hardware and Enter to Win a Google Nexus 7 Tablet
February 25, 2014 Editor 0
Practitioners in the developing world for years have known of the challenges that power, heat, humidity, unstable electrical systems, and even inexperienced users have brought to ICT projects. Why do these issues occur, and what could be engineered more efficiently to overcome these challenges? Photo Credit: Google Inveneo has teamed with Dr. Laura Hosman, from […]
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Kenya: Seacom’s Pamoja Africa and Symantec Partner to Enhance Public Cloud Solution Rollout
February 14, 2014 Editor 0
[CIO]Pamoja Africa, the Cloud services business unit of SEACOM, has entered into a partnership with Symantec – the security technology solutions provider – to distribute Symantec’s suite of Cloud services in sub-Sahara Africa to meet growing security, compliance and archiving needs. Go to Source
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Which ICT4D Projects Use Progressive Design Principles?
February 5, 2014 Editor 0
USAID is gathering information on ICT4D projects or activities that have embodied progressive project design principles to show how these principals can help technology projects be more effective, save money, and expand the impact of development programs. Have you participated in or do you know of projects using progressive design principals like these? User centered […]
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