Learning to Teach ICT4D: 10 Principles Gleaned from Two Deca...
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about teaching ICT4D, it’s that every project needs to be a hybrid between...
Engineering for Change
Interest: ICT
The boom in mobile phone ownership has been one of the unanticipated success stories of global development. And with all of that computing power in the hands of so many people, software engineers are at the leading edge of the work to improve lives. Other electronic hardware is also gaining momentum, with innovations like e-readers, drones and 3D printers. These tools are how communities can leapfrog over phases of development to catch up with the pack.
Interest: ICT
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Artificial intelligence can crunch the numbers on inconceivably large volumes of data, predicting trends, mitigating problems, driving a revolution in socio-economic development. AI is underway to in developing countries...
Algorithmic analysis of satellite data and a new offline too...
Despite its protected status, deforestation threatens the Leuser Ecosystem, 2.6 million hectares (6.5 million acres) of rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Farms and commercial development encroach on...
Fixing the world’s rural roads with a shovel and a phone a...
For those of us who don’t know what it’s like to live at the end of a poorly maintained dirt road in rural Uganda, Kevin Lee has a simple...
Volunteer cartographers create open source maps to guide mal...
Spraying insecticide indoors remains one of the most effective weapons against malarial mosquitoes, the World Health Organization says, but sprayers need guidance. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) took up...
From Baby Monitors to Fishing Fleets: Ten Upgrades with Remo...
The cost of electronic sensors and mobile technology has dropped low enough to network hardware and infrastructure even in the world’s poorest and most underserved communities. The result is...
A “solar hooter” protects southern Indian farms from ani...
A low-cost “solar hooter” may keep animal intruders at bay on southern Indian farms. The device flashes a light and emits loud sounds periodically to scare off nighttime invaders....
Featured ICT Solution
Ethiopia’s 8028 Hotline: Aiding farmers through text and interactive voice messages
Ethiopia’s new 8028 Hotline has handled a deluge of calls from farmers looking for agricultural information. The Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency’s...
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A new charitable giving platform vets Indian nonprofits to give donors peace of mind
It’s easy to forgive indecision when it comes to donating to a worthy cause in India. A bird’s eye...
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Case study: How an offline CRM helps a biogas business expand in Latin America
Sistema Biobolsa began its operations developing and selling biogas systems in Latin America using organizational tools like spreadsheet software...
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A new digital tool takes the guesswork out of making compressed earth blocks for construction
An experienced soil analyst can discover clues about the dirt with little more than water, a jar and a...
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10 mThings Changing Lives in Developing Countries
Mobile applications are transforming the livelihoods of millions of people around the world, including in low-income settings and rural...
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How mobile tech improves global sanitation: Research brief on the Digitization of Sanitation
The mobile phone boom of the last decade has given rise to the often-repeated fact that more people worldwide...
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New open-source tools analyze sites for small hydropower generators
Micro-hydropower generators rely on the natural flow of a river or stream, unaided by reservoirs to regulate the water...
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Why Is it So Hard to Do Something New in ICT4D?
Three years is long a lifetime, longer in the time it takes technology to change, but short in institutional...
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ICT4D infrastructure: How two kinds of technologies are putting the whole world online
When Google announced its Project Loon plan in 2013, reactions ranged from scoff to swoon. But with real-world tests...
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Putting the world’s impoverished communities online: Five questions for Bob Marsh
Bob Marsh is a household name and the subject of dinner party conversations in a certain kind of household and...
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