Posts on the Topic "mobiles"
14/ 06
2017
TaroWorks Webinar: The Future of ICT4Ag
14/06/2017
| TaroWorks Webinar: The Future of ICT4Ag |
| Date |
Wednesday, June 14. 10:30a EDT / 2:30p GMT |
Join us for a webinar on land and water data collection using low cost smartphones in Somalia!
23/05/2017
Monday 5 th of June – 15h CEST (1 hour) – Webinar on land and water data collection using low cost smartphones in Somalia The Somalia Water and Land Information Management project (SWALIM http://www.faoswalim.org ) is one of the few UN development programmes to have information management as its...
10 years of M-Pesa: The world's most successful money transfer service
11/05/2017
M-Pesa (M is for mobile, “pesa” is Swahili for “money”) was launched by Safaricom, Vodafone’s Kenyan associate, on March 6, 2007. The service is designed to safely send receive and store money via a simple mobile phone. The service also allows customers to make bill payments and top-up airtime. In...
Radio Monsoon aims to ensure safety reigns among fishermen in south India
03/05/2017
In India’s southern state of Kerala, because of overfishing and climate change, fish stocks are rapidly decreasing. In order to catch more fish, fishermen are forced to go out into the open sea with their small boats, risking life especially during the monsoon season. Radio Monsoon radio station...
m-Omulimisa, the mobile extension officer
12/04/2017
In Uganda, the spread of agronomical information is quite challenging, and the number of extension officers cannot meet the growing demand from farmers who often need immediate assistance. Thanks to innovations in information technology, mobile and web-based platforms are proving to be a huge help...
WeFarm: Connecting Small farmers without internet
11/04/2017
There are about 500 million small-scale farmers on Earth, and most of them live on less than $1 a day. They’re often separated from larger population centers, or lack the means to educate themselves on specialized farming methods. Internet connections might be less common in the developing world...
Grameen America Connects With Citi, Mastercard To Help Low-Income Female Entrepreneurs
28/02/2017
Grameen America announced a collaboration with Citi and Mastercard to provide financial technology solutions that will assist low-income minority women entrepreneurs. The aim is to improve the organization's ability to promote digital financial access. The project will target more than more than 86...
Vodacom partners with Nigeria's Kaduna State over ICT development project
23/02/2017
Vodacom is leading a three-part ICT development initiative in Kaduna State in Nigeria focused on education, health and agriculture. Kaduna State and Nigeria are only a part of wider plan of similar initiatives throughout the whole of Africa. Similar initiatives have already started in Kenya...
3-2-1 Service by Human Network International provides trusted information through mobile phones to rural people
23/02/2017
One of the main problems of farmers and people living in rural areas in the developing world is the lack of access to information on health and efficient farming practices. Other media such as Radio and TV, don't have the same reach of mobile phones, which are very widespread in the developing world...