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Archive for the ‘mobile’ 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 Market Access and PricingFiled Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, mobile, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 9th, 2008Mobile Web, Digital Divide, and DevelopmentFiled Under: asia, mobile, regions, solutions by usha on August 6th, 2008PC World has an enlightening article from Kiwanja’s Ken Banks about the growing disconnect between mobile applications envisioned for development and the realities on the ground. Mobile Applications of the FutureFiled Under: mobile, research, resources, solutions by usha on July 18th, 2008A while ago Google’s Android Developer’s Challenge announced the first round of winners for creating cool mobile applications. The competition elicited 1,788 submissions, of which a panel of judges picked 50 winners who each won a $25,000 award. Reviewing the Top 50 mobile applications slideshow (pdf) gives us a good sense of the reach of mobile applications in the future and how the NGO sector has and can continue to benefit from these developments. 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. |
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