Jan 30, 2014 | Humanitarian Agencies, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, 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...
Dec 11, 2013 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, 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...
Nov 13, 2013 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
SMS is one of the most transformative technologies that we have. At least, it has the power to be. Increasing numbers of people across the world have access to mobile phones, and SMS is a very cheap way to communicate on them. The amazing versatility of SMS can be...
Nov 6, 2013 | Businesses, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
Mobile privacy and data security have become a big topic as more and more NGOs use mobile phones as a way to disseminate information and engage their clients. Jenny Adlem discussed these issues in her blog post addressing the potential benefits and pitfalls of big...
Oct 16, 2013 | Businesses, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Usability testing refers to a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. Usability testing is a central part of the design process to help improve and launch a product (website, service or physical product) that is...
Oct 9, 2013 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
These are exciting times for Africa as internet coverage spreads across the continent. All kinds of innovative businesses, ideas, connections and opportunities are being developed. However, the news is not all positive and there are many challenges still to be solved....
