Maldives goes for mobile banking
The Maldives has launched a pioneering system for its citizens to bank primarily using mobile phones.
Source: BBC Online
30 July 2008 | EN
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Developing countries tap into text messaging
Despite the acceleration of mobile technology in the developing world, the humble text message reigns supreme.
Source: BBC Online
21 July 2008 | EN
Pod-ready: Podcasting for the developing world
The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.
19 June 2008 | EN
ICTs can close India's urban-rural divide
An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.
Source: Nature
26 October 2007 | EN
Talking Braille: A new tool to teach blind children
Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.
Fighting for sight in the developing world
T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.
The rise of Middle East technology parks
The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.
3 October 2007 | EN
Infighting plagues East African cable project
Arguments over management of the planned East African Submarine System could mean economic disaster for businesses, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Source: Mail and Guardian Online
16 August 2007 | EN
Keeping track: phones for health in Rwanda
Mobile phones will soon make tracking epidemics and receiving healthcare much easier, reports Manasee Wagh.
Source: Biotech360
8 June 2007 | EN
My laptop is better than yours
A new entrant is heating up the competition to provide low-cost computers to students in the developing world, writes Bobbie Johnson.
Source: The Guardian
Off-grid Namibia tests solar communications
Solar and wind energy are being used by Namibian rural network providers to power communications base stations, reports BBC Online.
Source: BBC Online
24 May 2007 | EN
South Africa brings new tricks to old technology
Modifying technology in unique ways is helping South Africans communicate, reports BBC Online.
Source: BBC Online
Digital mapping shows the way forward
Today's maps are sophisticated tools, helping developing countries track everything from drought to disease, reports TV Padma.
6 March 2007 | EN
Tuning in: mobile phones help development
Tatum Anderson reports on how mobile phone technology is changing people's lives in Africa and Asia.
Source: BBC Online
21 February 2007 | EN
Mobiles to help health workers in developing nations
New mobile phone software could allow health workers to track diseases in developing countries.
Source: BBC Online
Africa online: getting set for a digital revolution
A massive high-speed cable, new software and educational outreach look set to transform Internet access for Africa.
Source: Africa Renewal
15 September 2006 | EN
PCs for the poor: as good as their hype?
Technologists are at odds over how to bridge the digital divide. What one group calls the ultimate solution, another dismisses as "the scam of the century", reports Waleed al-Shobakky.
31 July 2006 | EN
'Podcasts' keep Peruvian farmers up to date
Radio stations in Peru are broadcasting agricultural information downloaded from the Internet to farmers in remote areas.
Source: BBC Online
10 February 2006 | EN
Lost in translation: getting India’s languages online
Frederick Noronha reports on the efforts of a small group of IT enthusiasts to bring computing to India's multilingual masses.
19 August 2005 | EN
Ethiopia gets connected
The Ethiopian government is investing heavily in a national digital network to jump-start the country's development, reports Michael Cross.
Source: The Guardian
12 August 2005 | EN