Entries Tagged to 'ICT4D'
James Kabiru, Olive Tree Media talks about: the health and agricultural services it has carried out using SMS and the number of users; and the continuing role of SMS and why it works so well.
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March 27, 2017
Sara Hilliard Garrett, Strategy and Legal, Vula Mobile talks about: what Vula Mobile's app does; how the founder came to start the company; how rural health workers can use the app to communicate more effectively with medical specialists;where the app is being used in South Africa; the current use stats; its expansion plans outside South Africa; and its business model.
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January 7, 2017
Oludotun Babayemi, Co-Creator, Follow The Money talks about: why it was set up and how it works; and gives two examples of working with communities in Northern Nigeria that produced results.
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August 9, 2016
William Bird, Director, Media Monitoring Africa talks about: what the open source software for Wi-Fi mesh Commotion does; the challenges in South Africa it helps tackle; where it has rolled out Wi-Mesh networks in South Africa; how it has helped the youth journalism project it is running; and the reasons he chose Commotion.
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July 20, 2015
Andrew Rudge, Reach Trust on: what the organisation does; how he came to set up Reach; its initial relationship with Mxit; its current multi-platform strategy; its Africa expansion plans; its potential relationship with the Lego Foundation; and how users use its information.
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July 6, 2015
Daudi Were, Ushahidi talks about: launching version 3 of the software; why they created Ping; the importance of the World Humanitarian Summit for Ushahidi; and what the Making All Voices Count programme does.
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June 9, 2015
Dominic Vergine, Head of Sustainability and CR, ARM on: what ARM does; why it is involved in development areas like education and health; how Literacy Bridge's talking book works; and the roll-out of the project to expectant mothers and farmers in Northern Ghana.
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May 3, 2015
Murali Shanmugavelan, founder MApp-IT talks aboutL why development projects need an app for collecting data in remote areas; what the app can do and how it works offline; its development in Afghanistan; and who might find it useful in Africa.
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February 19, 2015
Syed Karim, founder and CEO, Outernet talks about: what Outernet is and what it does; the cost of one of the devices to receive it; whether it's a media or hardware company; how it's financed; its customers and users; and what it's going to be doing in Africa.
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February 1, 2015
John Dada, Fantsuam Foundation talks about: what the town of Kafanchan is like; fighting between Christians and Muslims during the 2011 elections; how the Fantsuam Foundation approaches poverty reduction through micro loans, health work and education; using cloud-based organisation Dadamac to raise funds; the current connectivity situation in the town and how it might be changed.
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January 18, 2015
Susan Oguya, Co-Founder, MFarm talks about: how the service was launched; the things farmers can get from MFarm; the type and number of small-scale farmers MFarm works with; and the way they ensure quality on large-scale deliveries.
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November 19, 2013
Wayan Vota, Communications Manager, Development Gateway and a partner in the Open Government Hub talks about: what the Open Government Hub does; how the Freelabs Initiative came about; how it can be used to bring the citizen into the conversation about Government and donor funding in developing countries; and issues like citizen expectations.
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October 25, 2013
Maeghan Orton, Medic Mobile on: what happens to the data Medic Mobile helps collect; whether decisions are made using the data; an application to ensure vaccine fridges stay at the right temperature; stock control using Medic Mobile apps; and the important of committed staff in Ministries of Health.
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August 5, 2013
Maeghan Orton, Medic Mobile talks about: the apps Medic Mobile has built; where these are being used; the number of people using them; using a microprocessor and SIM to collect data; the types of phones used; what phones health workers have; and creating a sustainable model by offering a recharger to health workers.
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August 4, 2013
Mark Kamau, UX Lab talks about: what the UX Lab does; common errors that people make when they develop mobile apps; how a user-centric approach starts with people and the issues they face first; and issues with mobile payment systems.
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July 6, 2013
Mark Kamau, UX Lab talks about: what the UX Lab does; common errors that people make when they develop mobile apps; how a user-centric approach starts with people and the issues they face first; and issues with mobile payment systems.
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July 6, 2013
Ken Banks, FrontlineSMS and Kiwanja.net on: how the project got started; what its open source software does; its use by health workers in developing countries; who uses it and where; why there are so many pilots in the ICT4D space; the impact of smartphones and feature phones; and the organisation's hybrid business model.
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September 8, 2012
In this second part of a conversation between Erik Hersmann, the founder of iHub, the co-founder of Ushahidi and the ICT blogger White African talks with Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act about ICT4D. They cover: the market research approach to launching projects vs the intuitive Steve Jobs approach; how NGO money distracts ICT entrepreneurs; allowing failure to be acceptable; and what count as successes for ICT4D.
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July 1, 2012
