by Avner Mizrahi | Jul 3, 2013 | Businesses, Humanitarian Agencies, Social Impact, Technology
Many of the articles on our blog focus on mHealth and mWomen interventions. Yet, such a large segment of the population in developing countries are smallholder or subsistence farmers (for example 65 percent in sub-Saharan Africa). This, along with the statistic that...
by Jenny Adlem | Jun 26, 2013 | Market Research, Social Impact, Surveys, Technology
I first became aware of the systemic problem of accessibility for those with visual impairments during a job supporting a visually impaired student. Many battles were fought with lecturers and publishers over obtaining electronic copies of texts and lecture slides so...
by Sunny Yang | Apr 11, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
Last week was the mobile phone’s 40th birthday! While it seems hard to imagine a world without mobile phones, in 2000 mobile phone penetration in many developing countries was less than 6%. Now, mobile phones are so ubiquitous that it is surprising to see...
