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Ramadji A. Doumnande and Clark Arrington joined Africa ICT Network
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Richard Heeks added a blog post
Some positive statistics on the academic side of ICT4D research: - Between 1999 and 2008, annual output of academic publications on ICTs and developing countries recorded in the main publications database grew by nearly 2000% (a 39% annual average…
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Richard Close

NY Times Square New Years and Hope

Started by Richard Close Dec. 31, 2009.

Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya

Wishing you & your family a very Happy New Year 2010

Started by Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya Dec. 31, 2009.

Vincent Ivoke

hughes net hub in uk

Started by Vincent Ivoke Dec. 9, 2009.

Blog Posts

Richard Heeks

Size and Growth of the ICT-for-Development Research Field

Some positive statistics on the academic side of ICT4D research:



- Between 1999 and 2008, annual output of academic publications on ICTs and developing countries recorded in the main publications database grew by nearly 2000% (a 39% annual average increase).



- And annual output in a set of ICT4D specialist journals (not recorded in the database) grew by 450% from 1998 to 2009.



More details at:

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Posted by Richard Heeks on February 8, 2010 at 3:07pm

Bas Vlugt

Kouwenhoven and Hirman launch eVentures Africa Fund

Vincent Kouwenhoven and Brian Hirman from the Netherlands have recently launched eVentures Africa Fund (eVA Fund): an investment fund for digital media and e-business companies in Africa. eVA Fund will first focus on investments in the sub-Saharan African countries.

KouwContinue

Posted by Bas Vlugt on January 30, 2010 at 12:42am

CyberAfrica International

CyberAfrica Update in Nigeria - Energizing Africa

Our team is in Nigeria now, as we are a bridge for technology businesses between Nigeria and South Africa. I will invite you to LinkedIn and our update site, so you can see what we are up to. Maybe there would be opportunity for my company to research opportunity for you in West Africa. Below was an update which I did 2 days ago.

Things are going really well in Abuja, Nigeria. Really beyond our expectations and what we could have ever imagined.

From arriving, we have been welcomed with open ar… Continue

Posted by CyberAfrica International on January 29, 2010 at 2:14pm

Bas Vlugt

Africa Business Communities launch the Africa India Business Network

Today Africa Business Communities launch the Africa India Business Network, a networking community open to professionals involved or interested in the Africa - India Business.

Klick here to visit the Africa India-Business Network

africaindiabusiness.ning.com

Bas Vlugt
Founder Africa ICT Network

Posted by Bas Vlugt on January 22, 2010 at 4:22pm — 2 Comments

Boshra EL-Sayed

RAND Overview

Our products:

Fast -Cream-Massage Cream (Anesthetic Anti-Inflammatory Cream)
Bloom-Cream-Body Cream (Anti Cellulite Cream)
Loyal Face-Cream-Cleansing for face(Anti Acne Cream)
Brightness gel-Gel-Whitening gel
Puredex-Cream-Lightning Cream (Skin Bleaching Cream)
Femorex gel-Gel-Massage Gel (Osteoarthritis .
joint and muscle pain .
joint disorders ( painful – inflamed – degenerative ) joint) .
Veneer-Viscous liquid-Anti Dandruff Hair Shampoo
Jolly Soap-Soap-Cleansing for skin
Lady Fresh-Liquid-Va… Continue

Posted by Boshra EL-Sayed on January 17, 2010 at 4:57pm

Crystal Kigoni

Please support ICT4D in rural Kenyan villages by joining our discussion on the Rural Internet Kiosk project!

Dear Colleagues,

We would love for you to join our discussion on the Rural Internet Kiosks on the Changemaker's Website!



http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/66997

Posted by Crystal Kigoni on January 5, 2010 at 9:19am — 1 Comment

Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya

Wishing you & your family a very Happy New Year 2010

Hello Everyone, Wishing you & your family a very Happy New Year 2010. May God bless you & your family with peace, prosperity, happiness and good health.

Posted by Abdul Mannan Barbhuiya on December 31, 2009 at 6:34pm

CyberAfrica International

CyberAfrica International - Happy 2010 New Year Message

Hi

I just want to take this opportunity of wishing you all a fantastic New Year, and thanking you for all your
incredible support with everything thus far. 2010 is going to be a biggie. Right now, I am depleted of resources, and need to fill my cup, so will be taking off till next Thursday, 7 Jan 2010. My itinery for Nigeria has been altered due to visa problems, so will be leaving on approx. 20 Jan 09.

The reason why I am depleted, is due to my own fault, hence I have been giving this some ve… Continue

Posted by CyberAfrica International on December 31, 2009 at 12:22pm

Kwasi O-Ahoofe

Where are the prospects for ICT Network Expertise?

This is a question intended to generate Responses and/or Comments from ICT Network members and/or service consumers.

Where are the Current and Further prospects for ICT Network Expertise?

Posted by Kwasi O-Ahoofe on December 31, 2009 at 1:30am

Gbenga Olisa

Preventive

Posted by Gbenga Olisa on November 19, 2009 at 4:09pm

Gbenga Olisa

Preventive

Posted by Gbenga Olisa on November 19, 2009 at 4:09pm

Lauri Elliott

Free Research on African Infrastructure Development

Originally posted at www.afribiz.info.

The results of the African Country Infrastructure Diagnostic (ACID) study was released by the World Bank today. It provides detailed data and analysis of the ICT, Power, Transport, Air Transport, Ports, Railways, Roads, Irrigation, Water Resources, Water Supply and Sanitation infrastructure sectors in 30 African countries. This research serves as a baseline for future infrastructure development in Afric… Continue

Posted by Lauri Elliott on November 13, 2009 at 1:00am

Bas Vlugt

BiD Network presents two business plan competitions


The mission of BiD Network is to contribute to sustainable economic growth by stimulating entrepreneurship in emerging markets. BiD Network supports entrepreneurs in writing their business plans by offering them coaching and other business tools. The best entrepreneurs gain access to investors in our ne… Continue

Posted by Bas Vlugt on November 4, 2009 at 11:48am — 1 Comment

JOSHUA DENILA

Reduce ICT Budget by 64%, VIRUS free computing

Why purchase additional computers for your school, hotel, office, cyber cafe, hospital, homes, library, etc when you can simply multiply them using Hypercom Pc Station solution. Our solution is a thin client which make is possible for you to simply share one CPU with as many users as you desire depending on system configuration and resources. To get started now, simply call our sales hotline on: 08033836341 or Email: josh@denila.biz

HyperCom Multi-Station Appliance is a complete hardware and so… Continue

Posted by JOSHUA DENILA on November 4, 2009 at 12:32am — 1 Comment

Christoff Eilerd

Chinese "investment" in Africa

China’s engagement with Africa today is less motivated by the ideological considerations of the 60s and 70s but based on a commercial agenda that aims to sustain rapid industrialisation and economic growth rates. China’s “socialist market economy” is driven by marketoriented State-Owned Enterprises and its interests in Africa are geared towards energy resources and minerals to feed its industrialisation programme. Chinese investments in and trade with Africa have increased significantly over the… Continue

Posted by Christoff Eilerd on October 21, 2009 at 12:51pm — 1 Comment

Laurinda Seabra

Are you Selling your products or services to NGOs, Civic Organisations and SMEs? Read on ...

About the Procurement Gateway - Civic Society, NGO and SME's Buying Group

Some feedback:

We started this project 3 months ago, because we ourselves as a civic organisation faced various challenges reaching a wide net of potential suppliers for the Adopt-a-Pothole program … we just didn’t have enough information about you as a “supplier”; neither did we have any relevant information on other potential suppliers for the project.

We started by following the “traditional” procurement process, and… Continue

Posted by Laurinda Seabra on October 17, 2009 at 1:22pm

Prince Bubacarr A.Sankanu

You are all invited to join the historic Pan African Telecom Museum (PATM) initiative

INTRODUCING THE PAN AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM

Dear Sirs and Mesdames,

We the African Council for Arts & Culture (ACFAC) are a registered Panafrican cultural development organisation based in Germany.

To help commemorate the development of telecommunications in Africa, we are promoting the PAN AFRICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM (PATM). This museum will showcase the development of wireless communication in Africa from the talking drum to the latest device.

There shall also be perman… Continue

Posted by Prince Bubacarr A.Sankanu on September 10, 2009 at 10:57pm

Benjamin Lyon

Interview with Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS



Photo courtesy of Ken Banks, kiwanja.net

What inspired you to found Kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS?

Ken: I’ve been interested in conservation and development for a long time, and had been trying to work out how to apply my IT skills to many of the th… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Lyon on September 2, 2009 at 6:42am

VENKATARAMAN MACHIRAJU

ICT SKILL DEVELOPMENT & EMPLOYMENT GENERATION - AFRICA

African economy is gearing up to reach the economic growth in all fronts and has shown lot of promise with the opening of new sectors for better opportunities in terms of Employment generation and market stabilisation both in domestic and international level. Opening of each state to the technological growth as seen in the west has become a need of the hour as growth could be catapult for the desired results to catch up with rest of the world.

Africa’s focus on Technology as a part of its agend… Continue

Posted by VENKATARAMAN MACHIRAJU on August 6, 2009 at 5:07pm — 2 Comments

Benjamin Lyon

The 'Phone as Cow' Model


Photo By: Ken Banks, www.kiwanja.net

Mobile phones are quickly becoming the hottest topic in development. Everyday, waves of new innovations are rolled out to connect 'bottom of the pyramid' (BOP) entrepreneurs to… Continue

Posted by Benjamin Lyon on August 4, 2009 at 4:22am — 2 Comments

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