by Sahiba Minhas | Feb 20, 2014 | ICT
Toward the end of last year, Grameen Foundation shared its key lessons and resources for the fight against poverty. Provided below is a summary of those lessons – learnt and affirmed by the organisation and some additional details into the foundation’s work and...
by Sahiba Minhas | Jan 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
The UK Government recently launched a new scheme aimed at improving the lives of individuals in developing countries who work for suppliers operating in the global supply chain. The program, Trade in Global Value Chains Initiative, uses UK government aid money to...
by Sahiba Minhas | Dec 11, 2013 | Design, ICT, Mobile phones, Technology
I recently read about D-Tree’s case study in Malawi on using mobile-based decision trees for Community Case Management (CCM) at the ict4chw google group mailing list, ICT for Community Health Workers. I was impressed by how organisations like D-Tree are using as...
by Sahiba Minhas | Nov 27, 2013 | ICT, Social Enterprise, Technology
The world is predicting the next financial crisis in the form of youth unemployment that threatens to destabilise economies. Youth unemployment is a cause of major concern as we witness increased violence in the Middle East and North Africa, high rates of income...
by Sahiba Minhas | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced a new project called Internet.org to further extend internet access to developing countries and reduce poverty. This new endeavour is in collaboration with other tech giants and aims...
