by Jenny Adlem | Apr 23, 2014 | Businesses, Market Research, Technology
Nigeria has overtaken South Africa to become Africa’s biggest economy. This has the potential to dramatically shift perceptions of the continent. The last time Nigeria calculated its GDP was in 1990 and the new report highlights the importance of new industries such...
by Sahiba Minhas | Feb 20, 2014 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
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 | 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...
by Jenny Adlem | 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...
by Jenny Adlem | Jul 31, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
In July 2013 the Indian telegram service was ended. As surprising as it is to hear that telegrams have survived at all into the 21st century, in India, they were deeply woven into society. For 163 years Indians have used telegrams to announce births, deaths, and job...
