ALISON the free learning platform
ALISON is a free learning resource of interactive certification-based learning. ALISON stands for Advance Learning Interactive Systems Online. The learning is provided free of charge to individual le...

Bihar, India, shows smart card way to cleaner rural job scheme
Devanti Devi, Dilip Shaw and Bisuandayal Manjhi of the Gonpura panchayat in Bihar will soon be sporting smart job cards that also double up as ATM/debit cards. They are workers under the National Rur...

YES! The Global Young Social Entrepreneurs' Competition
Are you 30 years or younger? Are you leading a business or venture that creates revenue but also aims to make the world a better place? Are internet, computer, mobile phones or other IT tools an in...

Senegal Household Survey Analysis - How people are using communications
As part of the independent assessment of CATIA (Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa), a household survey was conducted by Gamos in Senegal of over 650 households. The survey was designed to yield data...

Knowledge sharing for rural development: challenges, experiences and methods
Since the "Green Revolution", world food production has grown at a dizzy pace. Yet hunger continues to spread throughout the globe, chiefly in the countryside, as small farmers are increasingly force...

Women's ICT- Based Enterprise for Development: new materials available
A new set of online audio-visual materials is now available from the DFID-funded "Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development" project, coordinated by the Development Informatics Group at the Univer...

Gender and ICT: new publication by APDIP and APC WNSP
This publication looks at information and communications technology (ICT) for development through a gender lens and discusses ICT within a gender equality framework.

'E-Powering Jamaica': Accelerated human and economic development toward global competitiveness
The Government of Jamaica has developed a new National Information and Communication Technology (NICT) strategy called E-Powering Jamaica, which will be implemented by the year 2012.

Networking academies improve career opportunities in Least Developed Nations
The outcomes of a study examining how the Cisco Networking Academy is affecting developing countries in Africa show a positive impact of Cisco's Least Developed Countries (LDC) initiative: improving ...

Quick guide to Internet connectivity issues in African universities
Many organizations are active in research, advocacy and initiatives to help improve Internet connectivity in African universities.

1,000 managers to be trained for Kenya's digital villages
The Kenya government is launching a Digital Village Project to establish information and communications technology centres throughout the country.

Focus on Development: Find it with Focuss.eu
With the release of www.focuss.eu a unique cooperative initiative has been established between 23 organisations in the development arena. Practitioners, researchers and students in the area of global...

UNESCO-IPDC Prize for Rural Communication
The UNESCO-IPDC Prize (deadline submission October 1st, 2007), consisting of a sum of US$20,000.00 is awarded every two years. It is intended to recognize a meritorious and innovative activity in imp...

Socio Economic Database for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region
The Socio-Economic Database for the LAC region (SEDLAC) is a tool developed by the Poverty and Gender Group in World Bank's LAC region, in partnership with the Centro de Estudios Distributivos Labora...

Assessing consumer activity in the telecoms and Internet sectors in Africa
In this research study Russel Southwood, CEO of Balancing Act, looks at the role of consumers in the telecoms and Internet sectors. Six African countries free of roaming charges
Celtel, Africa's third largest mobile phone company, has included Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo to it's One Network, which allows subscribers to make calls at local rates and inco...