We present our twice-monthly snapshot of interesting tweets in the technology for global development space. For up-to-the-minute updates from E4C on Twitter, please follow us at @Engineer4Change.
Interesting RT @NedBreslin: How @twitter may have helped #Nigeria contain #Ebola http://t.co/18UBF4qNhW
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) N ovember 20, 2014
Ned Breslin at Water for People tweeted this new article at BMJ that reports that social media campaigns helped disseminate accurate information about Ebola and debunked hoaxes.
An interesting argument over Apps Against Ebola RT @meowtree: More on that Amazon Phones in Liberia discussion: http://t.co/i1AdYYI23b
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) N ovember 20, 2014
This article made a ripple on Twitter when two organizations that deliver smartphones to Africa, including a new one called Apps Against Ebola, responded publicly to the author, and the author stood by the opinion that these questions need good answers before anyone dumps hardware in Africa.
RCT investigating potential of women to sell clean #cookstoves found that given training women surpassed men 3:1 -A. Shankar
— iana (@iana_aranda) Novem ber 20, 2014
This factoid comes courtesy of Iana Aranda at E4C, who tweeted it from the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves’ Future Summit.
Lets talk poo! Well done #sanitation piece by @johnwsauer http://t.co/xz1vW3NNGB
— Ned Breslin (@NedBreslin) Novemb er 20, 2014
Twitter wrinkled its nose on November 19 under an onslaught of poo- tweets in honor of World Toilet Day.
“Sh*t is not like a panda. It’s not something that we talk about so it goes unresolved” – Jack Sim / http://t.co/YUNepoySmE #WorldToiletDay
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) N ovember 19, 2014
Jack Sim has a lot of interesting things to say about sanitation.
Congrats to #SLAB innovator @SisuGlobal for winning first place during #TechCon #HESN Innovator Marketplace! Way to go!
— Saving Lives @ Birth (@GCDSavingLives) No vember 18, 2014
Recs for success: create a community, engage unis & corporate partners, close gaps in the ecosystem to unlock financing – #E4CWebinars
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) N ovember 18, 2014
These recommendations come from representatives of ANDE who led our latest webinar, Impact Inventing.
.@afromusing says next big- the #ecosystem of opportunities-the networkers of #inventors and the #internet of things #IMECE2014 #globaldev
— Noha El-Ghobashy (@ghobashy) November 17, 2014
Don’t get attached to a #prototype because it *will* change says Shyam Rajan of @GEHealthcare #IMECE2014 #globaldev #tech4dev
— Noha El-Ghobashy (@ghobashy) November 17, 2014
This year’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition featured keynote addresses from thought leaders in engineering for global development. E4C’s President Noha El-Ghobashy tweeted highlights from the talks.
Building things that matter is the drive behind Kenya’s first open fabrication space http://t.co/5VnZqGrPcT @ushahidi #IMECE2014
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) N ovember 17, 2014
Evan Thomas of @PStateSweetLab calls to question the practicality of RCTs – duration is a tremendous hurdle for orgs #TechCon
— iana (@iana_aranda) Novem ber 11, 2014
And another in a month of conferences, Iana reports from TechCon.
