ICT on the Agenda for AfDB Presidential Candidate
Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has made great strides for the country’s agricultural sector. His successes include solving corruption in the fertilizer industry and encouraging banks to lend to farmers. In 2012, he pioneered an e-wallet…
Pygmies Use ICT for Cultural and Ecological Preservation
Various organizations used ICT to help the Pygmies in the Democratic Republic of Congo preserve culture and ecosystem as part of the Moabi Project. The Moabi Project, developed by the WWF and the OSFAC is a participatory online mapping system….
UN Seeks Young Climate Change Speaker for UN General Assembly
The United Nations seeks a young entrepreneur from a developing country to speak at the UN High-Level Event on Climate Change on June 29. This event is meant as a precursor to the Paris conference in December, where parties will…
Partnership Promotes Women’s Empowerment
The World Bank seeks to empower women and generate employment and entrepreneurial opportunities through ICTs in Sri Lanka. They sponsored the Innovation for Impact training workshop for civil society organizations in Colombo, together with Sarvodaya-Fusion, an NGO focused on e-empowerment…
Digital Inclusion for Growth and Development in the UAE
The General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunications Sector (TRA) considers digital inclusion for persons with disabilities an integral part of both equality and development in the country. To ensure access to ICTs for the entire population, licensees in the state…
Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities in Zambia
The Zambia Information Communication Technology (ZICTA) promotes the inclusion of persons with disabilities in ICT in a variety of ways. First, the ICT code of conduct for Service Providers and Consumer Protection Guidelines includes article 9 of the Convention on…
Ericsson Reports Technology for Good Programs’ Success
Ericsson’s Technology for Good Programs have helped four million people around the world, both in terms of social and environmental benefits. Technology for Good includes the following programmes, among other reports, videos and projects: Connect to learn; Ericsson Response; Refugee…
Ms. Geek Rwanda
Rwanda has long been keen on beauty pageants, the largest of which, “Miss Rwanda,” attracts international judges and provides the winner with a year-long paid contract. However, increasingly, the organizers realized the importance of intelligence among their competitors. In response,…
Thailand’s Princess Teaches IT to Children, Youth, Persons with Disabilities and Delinquents
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn developed the Information Technology Project to teach children in hospitals, juvenile delinquents, persons with disabilities, and prisoners to use ICTs. Training includes everything from animation to technology assembly and is, in part, delivered…
Ghanaian First Lady Actively Advocates for Persons with Disabilities
First Lady Lordina Mahama believes persons with disabilities should be considered in each and every business in the country. At a recent graduation in ICT training by RLG Communications Group, which included 280 persons with disabilities, the First Lady provided…
