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Archive for the ‘africa’ CategoryKenya Open Data Initiative (KODI) Heralds a New Era for Access to InformationFiled Under: africa, blog, mobile, regions, solutions, web application by usha on November 18th, 20112011 has been a great year for Kenya in the areas of access to information and open data. Read More » ICT for Banking & Micro FinanceFiled Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 12th, 2008ICT for Livelihood & Skills TrainingFiled Under: academy, africa, asia, capacity building, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 11th, 2008ICT for Agriculture Extension ServicesFiled Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, solutions by AI on September 10th, 2008ICT for Market Access and PricingFiled Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, mobile, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 9th, 2008Digital Divide RevisedFiled Under: africa, regions, solutions, tools by usha on June 24th, 2008Courtesy of Paul Lamb’s Download Divide over at Cool and Conscientious Ning network, a link to an article lamenting how far South Africa and Africa have fallen behind on the digital frontiers, using Firefox download statistics as proof. Gender and Economic Empowerment: The Role of ICTsFiled Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, solutions by usha on March 13th, 2008As part of the Sustainability Development Network week from Feb 19-29, World Bank had an educational and inspiring seminar on how ICTs can play a role in the economic empowerment of women. Yeah, OK, I am probably biased because the event incorporates three of my favorite areas – ICT, women, economic empowerment. But it really was all that and more. Lots of real-world examples and case studies from all over world were presented at the seminar. Here is my brain (and link) dump from the event. Dialing for DevelopmentFiled Under: africa, asia, middle east, mobile, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on March 1st, 2008A benefit-feasibility quadrant from the December 2007 working paper on “Going Wireless: Dialing for Development. How Mobile Devices are Transforming Economic Development at the Base of the Pyramid” by David Lehr, Acumen Fund. Facebook User Statistics (Nov 2007)Filed Under: africa, asia, middle east, regions, research, stats by AI on November 28th, 2007Overall country rank, user numbers, and gender break-down of Facebook users (as of Nov 2007)
World Bank’s Learning Network InfrastructureFiled Under: africa, ai work, asia, consulting, elearning, middle east, regions, solutions by AI on August 8th, 2007This month’s issue of Baseline Magazine has an excellent overview of World Bank’s information and communication technology related activities, infrastructure, and budget. (Warning: Don’t blame me if your eyes pop and jaws drop at the numbers mentioned in there.) The article spans about 12 pages, so for those of you who do not want to read it in its entirety, here is the gist: Read More » |
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