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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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Dalberg’s 2012 Global Retreat: Kenya
Last week, 150 Dalberg staff members – typically spread across 11 offices, five continents, and eight time zones– came together in one place for four days of team-building, knowledge-sharing, training, and reflection at the firm’s annual global retreat in Nairobi … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th anniversary, Dalberg, Dalberg community, Equity Bank, Fanisi, Global Retreat, Kenya, Nairobi, Naivasha
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Harvesting mist in Northern Kenya
by Nungari Mwangi One is hard-pressed to find a forested area in the Hurri Hills region of Northern Kenya. Classified as a water scarce country, 80% of Kenya is arid or semi-arid land. Last year’s drought and subsequent famine affected … Continue reading
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Tagged access to water, drought, eucalyptus, Hurri Hills, Kenya, mist, mist harvesting, Northern Kenya, water, water collection
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Embracing a cleaner, more cost efficient fuel option in Kenya
by Naoko Koyama When I walked through Kibera during lunchtime last year, smoke was everywhere as residents cooked with firewood and charcoal. Now, a new business launched by a pioneering Kenyan company is about to change the cooking scene in … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative fuel, cooking gas, energy, fuel, Kenya, liquefied petroleum gas, LPG
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