by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Feb 19, 2015 | ICT, Technology
I know how you feel. I have worked at an enterprise software company in the US, and I have also worked at a nonprofit (NGO) in the Philippines. So I’ve seen firsthand just how different those universes are, as well as how different the utilization of technology can be...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Feb 5, 2015 | ICT, Mobile phones, Uncategorized, Voice
We live and work in the Philippines, which has been dubbed the “Text messaging capital of the world.” So we are very familiar with the power of 160 characters. But as a social enterprise whose goal is to eliminate poverty, we are familiar with another thing: the fact...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Dec 3, 2014 | ICT, Technology
If you’re reading this, you’re part of the 40% of the world’s online population. While it may be hard for you to remember a time before you answered all unknown questions with, “Just google it,” 4.4 billion people have never used a search engine. In depth studies on...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Nov 6, 2014 | ICT, Technology
In 2014, when mobile phones globally outnumber toilets, it seems pretty obvious that technology will have a major impact on an international public health crisis like Ebola. But obviously, not all approaches are equal. A recent amusing example was when a United...
by Avner Mizrahi | Mar 6, 2014 | ICT
Did you know that there is a 23% gap in literacy between adult men and women in South Asia – the highest gap in the world? That 21% of the labor force in Sub-Saharan Africa is unemployed? What about that only 39% of people in developing countries have a mobile phone?...
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...
