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Category Archives: Mobile for Development
Beyond SMS and broadband: amplifying current opportunities for Internet-enabled development
By Dan Tuttle It has been well-documented that access to the Internet propels both business growth and economic development. Yet conversations on information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) in Africa frequently focus on SMS programs, mobile money, or the … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, agriculture, and small and medium enterprise, Dalberg Research, education and labor, energy, financial inclusion, Ghana, Google, governance, Health, ICT and mobile for development, ICT4D, Impact of the Internet, internet, Jobberman, Kenya, Nigeria, pilot, scale, Senegal, SME, SMEs, Virtual City
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Harnessing the Internet to spur SME growth in Africa
By Daniel Kaplan Food Export International is a food export business operating out of Accra, Ghana. Eric Kwaku started the company by himself in 2005. Since then, it has grown to include 10 management staff, selling produce from over 100 … Continue reading
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Tagged AfDB, Africa, African, African Development Bank, African Guarantee Fund, business, Dalberg Research, Denmark, Food Export International, Ghana, Google, growth, ICT, ICT and mobile for development, ICT4D, Impact of the Internet, Innovation Ghana, internet, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, SME, SMEs, Spain, Sub Saharan Africa, survey, World Bank
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D. Talks: Connecting the ‘tech side’ to the ‘gender side’ of bridging the ICT gender gap
In the parts of the world with reliable access to high-speed Internet, complaints about unrelenting email and a culture that’s too ‘wired’ and ‘always on’ are common. In those places, it’s easy to forget that a majority of the world’s … Continue reading
Addressing the global gender disparity in ICT access
“Over the past decade, the international development community has recognized that investing in women is the most direct and effective way to promote economic growth, peace, and prosperity,” writes Ann Mei Chang, Senior Advisor on Women and Technology to the … Continue reading
The Inequality of the “Great Equalizer:” Closing the Internet access gender gap
by Chris Denny-Brown and Andria Thomas In one case, a young Indian woman with an Engineering degree found that her family preferred she not use the household computer, for fear that – as a woman – it would break if … Continue reading
D. Talks: The Engagement Gap
by Yuting Lien, Summer Consultant In the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the HIV infection rate is among the highest in the world. Local clinics offer free information, testing and other services, but many people refuse to visit them. … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, community engagement, D. Talks, frog design, mobile, mobile for development, youth
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Empowering Haitians with mobile money
by Yana Watson In the darkest moments following the devastating earthquake two years ago, the promise that Haiti might “build back better” provided a glimmer of hope. Building back better became both a rallying cry and a challenge to the … Continue reading
Mainstreaming innovation in the health sector
The Global Campaign for the Health Millennium Development Goals, led by the Norwegian government, has gotten serious about the role of the private sector in improving the health of women and children. Norway has embraced the new thinking in development: … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, business models, global health, innovation, maternal health, Norad, women
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