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I've been spending quite some time thinking about the power of the grassroots in bringing ICT to the developing world. I am generally extremely wary of the type of development projects that consist of giving a (let's say danish) firm a few million dollars to buy
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Muniwireless: Mesh networks help developing areas Archives This story contains a lot of favourites for me. It comes from MuniWireless.com, which is one of my favourite sites for news on public and community networking. It talks about Mesh Wireless which is definitely amongst my flavours of the month, hwen
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I got back from Geneva on saturday, after having spent 4 days at the WSIS (Word Sunmmit on the Information Society) there. Just to clear that up, I wasn't actually at the main WSIS event (at least until the last day), but instead was next-door at the ICT4D
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Rickshaws connect India's poor Earlier this year, we outfitted a bicycle cab with wireless internet via wifi, as part of the Copenhagen Interpolation conference. It seems this idea is out there in the real world now, According to BBC news. Shyam Telecom which operates in
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So, I finally got confirmation that I will, after all, be going to Geneva next week for the World Summit. I'll be part of a Danish presence there under the auspices of the danish ministry of foreign affairs, presenting our various businesses, non-profits, and projects. Including, but not
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Russel Southwood, the editor of the excellent Balancing Act - Africa, newsletter has written an article challenging some of the assumptions that drive the ICT for development process. Balancing Act News Update - African internet developments This is easily the best article I have read on this subject in a
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Deeshaa : Directions for India's Development Atanu Dey asks, and attempts to answer this central question. What is thje role of ICT in an economy? I think his answer "It reduces transaction costs" is a very good approximation to the truth. It is worth remembering that in
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Baku, Azerbaijan. I'm here in Baku, at the behest of George Soros, or at least his favourite organisation, the Open Society Institute, as a trainer for an e-riders project being started by the local Open Society Assistance Foundation. My participation has a few purposes. First of all, it&
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It's official. I'll be speaking at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference 2004. This is one of those conferences I've always wanted to go to, but for which the cost of crossing the atlantic was always prohibitive. Well, in February 2004 it'
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The Linux Magazine - Novermber 2003 issue (36), has a report on the Summer Source, Open SOurce for NGO's camp that I helped facilitate in September. The article was written by participant Yuwei Lin, and is a nice intro to those incredible events. Community: NGOs - Report on
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Ethan Zuckerman's Weblog Ethan Zuckerman, founder of GeekCorps, fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, good friend, and one of the sharpest minds dealing with ict for development anywhere these days, has a new blog. Although he claims that posts will be few and far between,
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the next 4 days are going to be something of an experiment. i'm in santorini, at the santorini palace hotel in firostefani. signe is here to participate in a planning meeting on hybrid ventilation systems. originally i thought this would be a great chance to get a last