How has technology influenced the path of international development, and how can information and communications technologies (ICTs) be used to strengthen and improve development projects undertaken by the United Methodist community? To answer these questions, this discussion paper draws from conversations with eight experts whose interviews are featured as part […]
2014 • best practice • ICT4D • ICTs • interview • social change • UMComZubaBox – Solar Internet Hub
In 2010 Computer Aid launched its first solar powered internet cafe called the ZubaBox. Zuba is the word for Sun in Nyanja – a language spoken in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Southern Zambia – the area where our first ZubaBox was deployed to harness power from the sun and provide internet […]
connectivity • cybercafe • ICTs • internet • rural • solar powered • Zambia • ZubaBoxThoughts on African Content and Implementation Strategies involved in ICT Access in (rural) Africa
This is the text of the presentation of the author at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Seminar Series in Pretoria, South Africa, 25 March 2014. The author proposes the African components ‘ubuntu, orality, relatio, dominatio and animatio’ as drivers of content, and ‘community engagement, skill development and thought leadership’ […]
2014 • Africa • content creation • development • ICTs • orality • rural • ubuntu