John Stephen Agbenyo (@agbedela on Twitter), executive director of Connect4Change Ghana partner SavSign, has been making great use of Akvo RSR to keep people up to date on progress. He’s posted some lovely updates, including a couple about an inter-school ICT quiz, complete with a video clip of the teams competing. He’s also put a [...]
News item by IICD: Ethiopian mobile technology company Apposit LLC joins forces with the ICT for development consortium Connect4Change. Together they will support more than 150 Ethopian farmer marketing organisations in the design and roll-out of mobile services. Photo: Adam Polselli, www.flickr.com/photos/polcelli Apposit LLC is a company with proven experience in mobile solutions for Ethiopian organisations [...]
News item by Health Child: Introduction and Background Uganda has one of the highest maternal mortality rates standing at 435 per 100,000 live births (UDHS, 2006). Results of the 2006 Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) showed that 56 percent of women who attended antenatal sessions four times during pregnancy gave birth in a health facility [...]
News item by IICD: Primary schools and some secondary schools in the Peruvian Andes and Amazon regions are going to use computers and multimedia to boost intercultural bilingual education. This programme is supported by international organisations IICD and Edukans. Computers and other information and communication technology will contribute to the improvement of the quality, equity [...]
News item by IICD: Pastoralist (nomadic) tribes in Kenya, including the Maasai will start working with computers and internet to improve their education. This was the outcome of an event that was co-organised by IICD in Machakos, Kenya in July. Together with Connect4Change consortium partner Edukans, IICD organised a ‘Roundtable workshop’ where various partners in [...]
Case from the field ICTs was first used within development cooperation some 15 years ago. Over the years it has proven its added value in international development efforts, especially in sectors education, health and livelihoods. Here below are some examples of how ICTs have inspired and empowered farmers, nurses, doctors, teachers and grass-root organisations. ICTs [...]
ICT training helps Kenyan youth in slum areas to find (better) jobs Nairobits Trust, set up by Butterfly Works with support of ICCO and Edukans in Nairobi supports youth in gaining business and technical skills in web site development. The project has provided over 2,000 marginalised youth from slum areas with ICT and live skills. [...]
