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The Price of Knowledge: dot Learn
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dot Learn, first runner-up in our GPS Challenge, is a great example of how technology can enable greater opportunities for more people around the world.
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Exploring the Start-up Tech Hubs in Africa
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By Chrissy Martin, Guest Columnist Silicon Savannah. Maybe you’ve heard this term (maybe you’ve even read why it’s a misnomer.) It has been coined to describe Nairobi, Kenya, the unofficial capital
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Exploring the Mobile Banking Revolution in Tanzania
Connected Life ExchangeBy Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist In most developed economies, people can be forgiven for taking banks for granted. After all, an ATM machine is rarely more than a couple blocks
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Empowering Rural Health Workers with Mobile Video
Connected Life ExchangeBy Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist State-of-the-art broadband services still don’t reach many parts of the African continent, especially rural villages. But one consumer technology is pervasive: cell phones. According to
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The Power of the Text Message
Connected Life ExchangeBy Laura Walker Hudson, Guest Columnist FrontlineSMS grew out of a conviction that mobile could be a more powerful tool if it was made completely accessible to smaller teams and
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The Mobile Healthcare Revolution in the Developing World
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By Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist As I scan the news feeds for new technology trends, I keep finding myself coming back to developing economies in Africa and Asia. As mobile
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Crowdsourcing Bridges Generation Gap in Rural Africa
Connected Life ExchangeBy Molly Mattessich, Guest Columnist We all know about crowdsourcing where ideas are solicited to launch new products, or suggest solutions to problems. In a recent interview with Molly Mattessich
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Mobile Micro-Insurance within Developing Nations
Connected Life ExchangeBy Jason Kohn, Contributing Columnist When we think of cutting-edge technology, we tend to imagine likely applications in the most advanced markets. But today, mobile communication is leveling the playing
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Rural Businesses Join the Global Economy. One Basket at a Time
Connected Life ExchangeBy Shirley Bloomfield, Guest Columnist I wish I could say this is my story, but it’s not. It’s the story of some hard working women looking for a way to
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Developing Commerce in Africa: Phone Company in a Box
Connected Life Exchange
I never thought of paint as being an important part of the engine of commerce. That is, until I met Ueli Frei, who heads FUNDES International, an NGO that fosters
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