Appropriate IT sponsors the Information & Communication Technologies for International Development (ICT4ID) learning network. June’s ICT4ID meetup topic was Technology Transformations for the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). A few additional research resources on the topic:
Meeting Notes
Jon Camfield’s notes from the day over at his blog: Technology Transformations for the Base of the Pyramid by Al Hammond
Blog Posts & Presentations …
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.
Country
Rank
Total
Male
Female
Unspec.
United States
1
18,071,700
40.11%
45.98%
13.90%
Turkey
5
1,633,760
30.07%
19.86%
50.07%
South Africa
9
603,960
36.85%
40.96%
22.18%
Egypt
12
396,200
37.12%
27.30%
35.5%
India
14
333,560
33.88%
26.83%
39.30%
Gender-disaggregated statistics on information, communication, and technology (ICT) access and penetration:
Gender digital divide is prevalent across countries and continents.
In South Africa, 7% of women have no access to telephone, compared to 5% of men in 2001. The number was 24% for women and 15% for men (1996).
In Ethiopia, only 4.4% of women watch television once a week compared to 7.5% of men, …
Afghanistan cell phone usage and industry statistics:
Amirzai Sangin, Afghanistan’s Minister for Telecommunications, reported that cell phone service providers are signing up new users at a rapid clip. The country adds about 150,000 new subscribers every month.
Current cell phone calling rate in the country is about US$ 10 cents a minute. Cheapest top-up cards cost about US$ 1.
Of Afghanistan’s total population of 25 …
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.
Mobile phone usage for business:
Lebanon (93%), Jordan (91%), Bahrain (89%), Tunisia (85%) and the UAE (79%).
Multi-line business telephone usage:
UAE …
Morocco broadband statistics:
Morocco has the largest total number of broadband subscribers in Africa – nearly 400,000 ADSL subscribers at the end of 2006 (a number higher than South Africa, considered the continent’s ICT leader).
Morocco also offers the highest speed broadband package in Africa – 4 Mbps.
98% of all internet connections in Morocco are broadband.
Broadband connections grew by 58% between 2005-2006. Dial-up …
Telecom subscriber statistics and numbers for May 2007:
6.57 million wireless subscribers added in May, compared to 6.11 million in April.
Total wireless subscribers: 177.79 million (GSM, CDMA, & WLL)
Wireline subscribers declined 0.28 million in May.
Total wireline subscribers: 40.26 million.
Total number of telephone subscribers: 218.05 million.
Teledensity at 19.26 in May. Compared to 18.74 in April.
Total broadband connections 2.46 million in …
Broadband Statistics for 2006 from OECD Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry:
Subscribers per 100 inhabitants:
Denmark – 31.9 subscribers.
Netherlands – 31.8 subscribers.
Iceland – 29.7 subscribers.
Total subscribers:
United States – 58 million subscribers.
Japan – 26 million subscribers.
Germany & Korea – 14 million subscribers each.
Broadband technologies:
DSL – 62%.
Cable Modem – 29%.
Fibre + LAN – 6%.
Source:
OECD …
So…Appropriate IT is working on a new sustainable agriculture technology platform – Krishi Janani. We have been at it for a while now, launching a partially working prototype earlier this year. Before I go into the ‘Great Unknown’ parts of the story, a quick summary:
Krishi Janani is an ag tech network (online platform + young women-led rural ag tech centers) enabling organic and sustainable …
A three day technology training in building websites with WordPress at PGP college in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu
By Alexandra de Vogel, Assistant Trainer
With a background in Industrial design and innovation management, being part of this training was a first experience for me. But now I know that it will definitely not be my last experience in this field. These three days in Namakkal …
(Guest blog by Heather A. Moore)
Usha recently invited me to share some words of advice with the inspiring young women that had recently graduated from the pilot program of AIDA, Appropriate IT’s Development Academy, and with those from the community. Having gathered some sage advice from a few wise and generous mentors throughout my career, as well as the hard earned wisdom that comes …