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iConnect Livelihoods

iConnect Livelihoods brings together people interested in using ICT for agriculture and economic development initiatives. Use iConnect Livelihoods to share experiences and ideas related to initiatives such as: ICT-supported entrepreneurship, market access and market price information systems, employment, ICT and agricultural value chains, and more. What are your experiences? What has worked well? Do you have advice or questions for others?

Integrating ICT in Education: Connect4Change Programme in Ghana
Video Link: http://www.ginks.blogspot.com/2012/02/c4c-initiative-improving-teaching-and.html
Integrating Computers at Basic and Junior high school to improve teaching in Northern Ghana
The Connect for Change (C4C) programme was set up in Ghana to help organisations, specifically education and health based to integrate ICT into their operations.
15 Skills African Tech Talent Must Acquire in 2012 (from AppAfrica)
Great list of technical and less technical IT skills that African Tech Talent should focus on in 2012 to ensure their employability.
Three research papers African Farm Radio Research Initiative
Dear all, Please find below the links to three research papers from the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI).   
Reflections & Summaries: Mobile Information Services for Agriculture
Benjamin Kwasi Addom has posted some very insightful reflections and summaries of the online discussions hosted on the
NAIS SMS Platform launched
Zambian Agriculture and Livestock Minister Emmanuel Chenda has called for increased utilization of Information Technology in enhancing agricultural development.  
Gendering of Technology or the technology of gendering?
Sweden's SPIDER organised a seminar/webinar on ICT,  Gender and farming, for which the video is available here:
Food security, gender, Post harvest, women, agriculture
Food Security and the little farmers
The World Food Summit of 1996 defined food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life”.
2011 Access to Learning Award: Arid Lands Information Network Eastern Africa
Providing Access to Knowledge in Africa’s Arid Lands Those living in the remote arid lands of Eastern Africa must do without a lot.
ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook launched (InfoDev)
Today at SangoNet's ICT for Rural Development (ICT4RD) conference, Kevin Donovan of InfoDev (Wor
Overview of the e-agriculture.org Blogs Series: Youth, Agriculture and ICTs
Over the past three months, bloggers on the e-agriculture platform have touched on many topics ranging from climate change to supporting and enhancing mento
Experiences of a Business woman on ICT Training and ICT Use
In this video, Mrs. Rita Dampson, a shea butter processor tells her story on her experiences of learning ICTs

Group Discussions

Inviting anyone creating ICT facilities to join the discussion
Monday, 14th March, 2011
I'm starting what I hope to be a 150-200 seat BPO facility in the Kibera Community of Nairobi and would like to exchange stories, ideas, learnings, etc with others working to establish similar org … 0

Latest Blog Posts

Integrating Computers at Basic and Junior high school to improve teaching in Northern Ghana

By GINKS on Tue, Feb 14th, 2012
The Connect for Change (C4C) programme was set up in Ghana to help organisations, specifically education and health based to integrate ICT into their operations.

Integrating ICT in Education: Connect4Change Programme in Ghana

By GINKS on Tue, Feb 14th, 2012
Video Link: http://www.ginks.blogspot.com/2012/02/c4c-initiative-improving-teaching-and.html

15 Skills African Tech Talent Must Acquire in 2012 (from AppAfrica)

By Saskia Harmsen on Thu, Jan 19th, 2012
Great list of technical and less technical IT skills that African Tech Talent should focus on in 2012 to ensure their employability.

Reflections & Summaries: Mobile Information Services for Agriculture

By Saskia Harmsen on Thu, Jan 12th, 2012
Benjamin Kwasi Addom has posted some very insightful reflections and summaries of the online discussions hosted on the

NAIS SMS Platform launched

By Darlington Kahilu on Fri, Dec 23th, 2011
Zambian Agriculture and Livestock Minister Emmanuel Chenda has called for increased utilization of Information Technology in enhancing agricultural development.  

Recent Comments

7 reasons why ICT4D projects fail:

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 04:41
AHM Bazlur Rahman

ICT4D failure

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 04:41
AHM Bazlur Rahman

Change Management

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 04:41
AHM Bazlur Rahman

Very very nice video with

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 04:41
AHM Bazlur Rahman

Apologies

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:28
Lisa Cespedes

Latest Wiki Pages

Content from ICT & Livelihoods Events

By Saskia Harmsen on Tue, Jan 25th, 2011
Let's use this space to share content related to experiences, learning and practice from particular ICT & Livelihoods Events. Please feel free to add!

iConnect Livelihoods general wiki

By Anne Schanz on Mon, Jan 24th, 2011
This space is for collaborative knowledge management on all topics related to ICT-for-Livelihoods.

Latest News

Three research papers African Farm Radio Research Initiative

By Elske van Gent on Tue, Jan 17th, 2012
Dear all, Please find below the links to three research papers from the African Farm Radio Research Initiative (AFRRI).   

Africa and the Green Economy - Idasa Cop 17 Seminar Series

By Anne Schanz on Thu, Oct 6th, 2011
The devastating drought in the Horn of Africa points to the impact of climate change on those most dependent on agricultural and natural resources.

2011 Access to Learning Award: Arid Lands Information Network Eastern Africa

By Anne Schanz on Thu, Oct 6th, 2011
Providing Access to Knowledge in Africa’s Arid Lands Those living in the remote arid lands of Eastern Africa must do without a lot.

Upcoming Events

BarCamp Tamale, Northern Ghana

Agbenyo John Stephen
Saturday, 26th November, 2011
Ghana

Innovation in Extension and Advisory Services - International Conference

Anne Schanz
Tuesday, 15th November, 2011 - Friday, 18th November, 2011
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), the...
Kenya

ICT4RD 2011 - ICT for rural development conference

Anne Schanz
Tuesday, 1st November, 2011 - Thursday, 3rd November, 2011
To bring together government, investors, NGOs and social entrepreneurs from across Sub-Saharan Africa – and beyond – to confront the realities of rural development and explore...
South Africa

Recent Resources

Experiences of a Business woman on ICT Training and ICT Use

By Steve on Mon, Jul 18th, 2011
Video Resource
In this video, Mrs. Rita Dampson, a shea butter processor tells her story on her experiences of learning ICTs

Convergence of Radio and Mobile Telephony – Any Effects on Rural Access, Habits and Development?

By kenkubuga on Tue, May 3th, 2011
File Resource
Publication
Deliberations and summary of 3 separate focus group discussions involving 76 women from organised women 's groups in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Youths in Africa in Web 2.0 and Social Media

By zvavanyanger3 on Mon, Apr 18th, 2011
File Resource
Report
Last month during March 7-11, 2011, I participated in a youth training and exchange workshop in Ghana on Web 2.0 and social media for Development in Agriculture and Rural Development.

Farmers testing the NAIS SMsize platform using mobile phones

By Darlington Kahilu on Fri, Mar 18th, 2011
Image Resource
The development of the NAIS SMsize Internet based platform has reached an advanced stage.

Computer Lab Manager Training Course Modules

By Heidi Neff on Wed, Mar 2th, 2011
File Resource
Manual
The computer lab manager training modules were designed to be used as a part of an instructor-led four module course, but are also useful for self study.  This multi-faceted training course cover