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Improving the Aid Sector With Open Data 6 Oct 2011 | 10:09 pm
Interview with Peter Eigen of Transparency International at Open Aid Data Conference 2011 in Berlin Mr. Eigen, how can Open Data, opening up data treasures, improve the development sector? Peter Eigen...
Open Aid Data und Internet Governance Forum 2 Oct 2011 | 09:02 pm
Die Open-Data-Idee ist in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit angekommen. In Berlin fand diese Woche die Open Aid Data Conference statt. Ich bin vorbei gegangen und habe mich umgehört, was sich die Teilneh...
Pictures in ICTD reporting 9 Sep 2011 | 10:02 pm
When we read about technologies in the developing world, they are often accompanied by a certain type of picture. The visual language is: Cultural tradition, as old and different from ours as possible...
„Helikopter-Bildung“ für alle? 24 Aug 2011 | 09:24 am
Laptops abwerfen macht noch keine Schule Dank fallender Preise für Computerhardware rückt der breite Einsatz von Laptops in Klassenräumen in greifbare Nähe. Doch wie steht es um den bekanntesten Ansat...
Kubas weiter Weg ins Web 23 Aug 2011 | 03:17 am
Von der digitalen Avantgarde zum netzarmen Nachzügler: Auf Kuba ist es auch heute noch eine Herausforderung, ins Netz zu kommen. Das dürfte sich erstmal nicht ändern – trotz schnellerer Datenübertragu...
“Slow, Expensive and Restricted” 6 Aug 2011 | 04:10 am
Internet, Intranet and Social Media in Cuba Getting online in Cuba is not an easy task. Only a fraction of the population has access to the internet, which “does not necessarily mean that they have ac...
Social Media and Democratisation in Africa – Starting the Conversation 21 Jul 2011 | 04:40 am
[this article has also been published on Digital Development Debates] Oh please, not another article on the Facebook revolution… Much has been written about the role of the internet and social media n...
Nairobi, Kenya: Africa’s New Tech Hub? 3 Jul 2011 | 05:22 am
“Silicon Savanna” is the title of a Time Magazine article on how mobiles are rapidly changing Africa – and how Africans shape technology. Author Alex Perry collects evidence on how and why Kenya is no...
Mobile phone culture in Zanzibar 27 Jun 2011 | 08:17 pm
Great trailer for the documentary “Hello Africa” (2009) on mobile phone culture in Zanzibar: The complete 42-minute documentary is both fun and inspiring – truly worth watching: Hello Africa from UZI ...
eHealth in Jordan: SOHITCOM 27 Jun 2011 | 05:33 am
On the bus to last year’s ICTD2010 conference in England I met Islam and Daher from Jordan. They work for the project SOHITCOM, a web and mobile e-Health project aimed at providing medical information...
