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SciDev.Net's multimedia future can widen our reach

Offering more images, audio and video will entice new readers to science-related development stories that they might otherwise overlook.

22 March 2013 | EN | ES | FR

Science challenges in post-apartheid South Africa

South Africa's astronomy project must show local benefit

Co-hosting the world's largest radio telescope raises South Africa's scientific standing. But it must also help meet the country's social needs.

1 June 2012 | EN | FR | 中文

The mobile phone is one of the few technologies that reaches all levels of society

UN-GAID: just another acronym?

There is a need to link up the thousands of communications technology initiatives littered across the developing world, but is another UN technocracy the right answer?

29 June 2006 | EN

Connecting to the Internet from the first WSIS meeting in Geneva

Access to ICTs: an issue of global equity

Political deadlock over Internet governance must not overshadow the practicalities of bringing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the people who need them.

14 November 2005 | EN

Information technology needs fertile ground

Much is said about the need to bridge the 'digital divide' between the North and the South. Equally important is creating conditions in the South that let individuals exploit information technology's potential.

6 October 2003 | EN