Archive for the ‘africa’ Category
Digital Divide Revised
Courtesy 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 ICTs
As 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 Development
A 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)
Overall country rank, user numbers, and gender break-down of Facebook users (as of Nov 2007)
- 42,966,780 total users
- 15,521,660 (36.12%) male; 18,118,600 (42%) female; 9,326,520 (21.71%) unspecified.
World Bank’s Learning Network Infrastructure
This 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 »
ICT in Women Owned Businesses in the MENA Region
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) data from the survey of women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Responses based on interviews with 1,228 women business owners from five countries (Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, and UAE) between May-October, 2006. Read More »