News item by TTC: In Bolivia now several mobile C4C programs are being started by Text to Change and the partner organizations. With the organizations PROINPA, IFRA, CEPAC and Casa de la Mujer the sending out of information via SMS has already been started. This varies from sending out pest information for farmers for the [...]
Watch here a video of our Ugandan C4C partner Health Child on “Using mobile phones to improve community knowledge on maternal and child health“.
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 [...]
Video interview by Akvo: By Luuk Diphoorn on 21-09-2011 in the Apposit office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This video interview is with Adam Abate, who is managing partner with Apposit here in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Apposit (www.apposit.com) is a company that specializes in the development of software, especially for mobile phone communications and content. They [...]
News item by IICD: Mobile phones play an increasingly important part in new and existing farming projects in Kenya. This was one of the conclusions of an economic development workshop organised in Nairobi. Participants such as farmers’ cooperatives, producer organisations and government representatives identified mobile phones as one of the key ways to increase income. [...]
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 [...]
