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Map The Cardiopad: an African invention to save lives

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 21:37
A young Cameroonian engineer has built the first fully touch screen medical tablet that could soon save many African lives.
Cameroon, ehealth, mhealth, tablet
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Integrating Computers at Basic and Junior high school to improve teaching in Northern Ghana

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 15:32
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.
education, ICT, Northern Ghana, Savsign, teaching and learning
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Integrating ICT in Education: Connect4Change Programme in Ghana

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 15:27
Video Link: http://www.ginks.blogspot.com/2012/02/c4c-initiative-improving-teaching-and.html
basic schools, education, ghana, ICT, schools, secondary schools, teaching and learning
GINKS's picture

video: Yendi and Bimbilla Community Information Centres in northern Ghana

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 15:13
Information and Communication Technology has not only succeeded in transforming the world into a miniature community but has made it possible for mankind to be developing another dwelling
community information centres, ghana, management of telecentres, telecentres
Anne Schanz's picture

Collaborative Lesson Planning at Mozilla's P2P University

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 19:17
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Join a growing group of open educators and learners!
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Seeking International Mobile Health Professionals for Paid Fellowship in the US

Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 21:02
Deadline: Applications accepted year-round, but apply by February 12 for a June 2012 Fellowship
ehealth, fellowship, mhealth
Saskia Harmsen's picture

How Africa’s Young Mobile Users Are Driving Twitter Growth in Africa

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 15:15
A new research on How Africa Tweets released today by Portland shows how young people tweeting from mobil
africa, mobile, Twitter
Saskia Harmsen's picture

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

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 13:11
Great list of technical and less technical IT skills that African Tech Talent should focus on in 2012 to ensure their employability.
2012, africa, developmen, employment, ICT, innovation, skills, technology
Saskia Harmsen's picture

Reflections & Summaries: Mobile Information Services for Agriculture

Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 14:39
Benjamin Kwasi Addom has posted some very insightful reflections and summaries of the online discussions hosted on the
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agriculture, farming, ICT, information services, mobile
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Mobile phones account for almost half of social network traffic

Monday, January 2, 2012 - 08:01
Half or even more of all social networking traffic comes from mobile devices. This statistic proves that the use of cell phone apps will continue improving.
app from social network, mobile app, network via app, social network statistics, social networking, social networking app, statistics of twitter use
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Rapid response system An SMS service delivers quick answers to farmers’ climate questions

Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 07:32
Farmers in Zambia with climate change questions can now receive quick answers via SMS from a new system developed by the country’s National Agricultural Information Services.
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NAIS SMS Platform launched

Friday, December 23, 2011 - 14:46
Zambian Agriculture and Livestock Minister Emmanuel Chenda has called for increased utilization of Information Technology in enhancing agricultural development.  
agriculture, e-agriculture, information, mobile, sms
Saskia Harmsen's picture

Gendering of Technology or the technology of gendering?

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 12:39
Sweden's SPIDER organised a seminar/webinar on ICT,  Gender and farming, for which the video is available here:
agriculture, gender, research, technology, Uganda
Saskia Harmsen's picture

School computer labs: A bad idea?

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 11:20
Hi all, I'd like to point you to a very insightful article written by the WorldBank's Mike Trucano.
computer labs, education, ICT4E, schools
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Alternative to Adobe Acrobat Writer professional

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 10:23
Here is another interesting link to the alternative software - How to Merge couple of pdf into one.
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