Kurs:ICT4Development

Titel	Abstract	Bewertung
Connectivity and Social Changes in Migratory contexts - by Ivan Ureta	"In his presentation, Ivan Ureta links the issue of arriving mobile devices in the rural areas of Africa and Latin America to the migratory context and puts emphasis on the general reasons of migration as well as the impact of ICTs on it and possible consequences. The conference, of which his presentation is part, aims to analyze the influences of ICT (especially the use of mobile and internet devices) on the social and economic development among the most vulnerable population in Africa and Latin America. For more information about UOC, access: http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/la_universitat/coneix_la_uoc/presentacio/in...	282 views
Reaching the Next Billion Consumers through Mobile Phones: The case of Jana	In this featured "fireside chat" session during the 2011 Social Enterprise Conference, Nathan Eagle, founder and CEO of Jana, discusses the promise and potential of mobile for innovation and economic development in emerging markets, drawing from his extensive research and experience with Jana. Jana empowers global brands to directly engage with their next billion consumers via mobile phones and creates new sources of income for those living at the base of the economic pyramid. The session was moderated by Gautam Ivatury, managing director of Signal Point Partners and strategic advisor of CGAP at the World Bank.	168 views
Mobile-based Livelihood Services in Africa by Jonathan Donner - Unesco Seminar	"In his presentation, Jonathan Donner stresses the services (apart from phone calls and SMS) that can be provided by mobile phones for the various types of small and medium sized enterprises in Africa. Thereby he intends to clarify that these devices offer in terms of development. The conference, of which his presentation is part, aims to analyze the influences of ICT (especially the use of mobile and internet devices) on the social and economic development among the most vulnerable population in Africa and Latin America. For more information access: http://www.uoc.edu/masters/eng/master/web/elearning-educacio-tic/educacion_y_...	265 views
TEDxIIT - Dr. Laura Hosman - Technology for Development: No Shortcuts	Laura Hosman is assistant professor of political science at Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to joining IIT in fall 2009, Hosman held two postdoctoral positions, at both the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Southern California, where she began researching information and communication technologies in the developing world—ICT4D—particularly in terms of its potential effects on socio-cultural factors, human development, and economic growth. Presently, she works on ICT-in-education projects, researching the role of public-private partnerships in bringing technology to the developing world, and urging an interdisciplinary, multi-industry, collaborative approach to the study and implementation of ICT4D in general. Her in-the-field ICT4D research has taken her to Macedonia, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Haiti. Here she talks about he findings from the field and how development is not always as easy as technologists would hope.	1511 views