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pesinet: mobile monitoring and micro-insurance for children in mali
pesinet, is a non-profit that uses mobile technology to provide regular health checkups and affordable health insurance for young children in mali’s capital, bamako.
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afghan farmers to repay loans using their mobile phones
afghanistan based mobile network, roshan has expanded its mobile banking service, m-paisa so that farmers can repay loans to the agricultural development fund (ADF).
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IndiGo: pay as you go solar power makes energy cheaper in kenya
pay as you go is a common way of paying for calls on your cellphone. now the idea could help make solar power a more realistic option for families in kenya and other african countries.
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uReport: citizen feedback via sms, in uganda
in uganda, UNICEF is using mobile phones and broadcast media to get direct feedback from ugandans on everything from medication access to water sanitation.
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kenyansforkenya: saving kenya, through a brilliant new web-platform
instead of just sitting around and waiting for outside help, kenya’s digital natives have put together initiatives to help resolve the crisis.
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tube city: a sustainable water-purifying city for delhi
tube city is a design for a 21 km long tube running over the yamuna river in the city of delhi.
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gilberto gil: a brazilian artist who is a tech trendsetter
gilberto gil is a brazilian artist who’s using iphone/ipad apps to allow his fans to interact with him more.
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in india, spreading computer literacy through a ‘hole in the wall’
dr. sugat mitra, chief scientist at NIIT had been toying with the idea of unsupervised learning and computers, and his team soon carved a ‘hole’ in the wall that seperated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in kalkaji, new delhi.
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fundar: website dedicated to tracking government spending in mexico
a brilliant new website, fundar, is solely dedicated to tracking down how and where the taxes that mexicans pay are used.
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brazilian creates a real-life version of ‘minesweeper’, played via GPS
guided by a virtual map, the player attempts to navigate an area between two points in a given amount of time without stepping on hidden virtual mines.
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awaaz.de: giving communities a voice using voice social media
awaaz.de is a voice-based question and answer service, information portal, forum, asynchronous call centre and low-cost radio platform.
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in kenya, africa’s first national open data initiative
today was a historical day, as kenya became the first country in africa to initiate a national open data project.