Conclusions from HarassMap’s First Progress Report
November 1st, 2010 to December 29th, 2010
Tag Archive: Mobile phone
Repost: Update from Harrassmap
Digital Access for all (2): For Africa, the Time is NOW
This post is a follow-up to my Digital Access for All post in August where i commented on an article out of Tanzania by Declan McCormack on the impact of mobile technologies in East Africa. McCormack reported that in Africa, mobile phone use has increased by 550% in the past 5 years and subscriptions have…
Mobile Phones Improve Health Services in Africa
Having worked with youth to establish One Stop Youth Centres in Kampala, Uganda, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kigali, Rwanda, I have seen the power of mobile phones both to convene people as well as disseminate important information. What I find really exciting is to see how quickly and to what success mobile…
Steps into Mapping the Unmapped – via Mapping: No Big Deal
No big deal?? Yeah right! This is an excellent and detailed step-by-step process on how to do mapping in remote areas, and for a great purpose as well (the successful referendum held in Kenya. Check out my blog post Transparency + Accountability = Democracy, Kenya Style to see how mapping was used there). Here are…
Digital Access for All: Broadband for the People … really
When there is an increase in broadband speed in the North America, we can download more episodes of our favorite TV show (mine is 30 rock); when broadband speed increases in Africa, millions more people get online through mobile technologies. Whole “development” leaps are being taken on the African continent – mind numbing and corrupt…