Telecentres and kiosks
- Knowledge centres in rural India
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This collection of four essays asks how ICT can be brought to the 600,000 Indian villages. How is India empowering the poor and marginalised to participate in the emerging knowledge society? How will India provide voice to the millions of citizens?
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- ICT research in Africa: Need for a strategic developmental focus
- ( M. Thompson / Judge Business School , 2012)
- This paper argues the need to expand the research agenda on the use of ICT in African countries to include a stronger strategic developmental focus than is evident in much of the literature to date. T...
- Using mobile phone-based money transfer systems for maternal health
- ( N. Corby (ed) / Marie Stopes International , 2011)
- This case study presents programmatic lessons from Marie Stopes Madagascar’s integration of a mobile phone SMS money transfer system and voucher programme. In October 2010, Marie Stopes Madagasc...
- Rural Kenyans’ awareness of phone-based banking services is high, but usage is low
- ( O.K. Kirui;J.J. Okello;R.A. Nyikal / AgEcon Search , 2010)
- Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialisation in developing countries, yet ICT revolution in Africa has brought an opportunity to ease...
- Making mobile technology relevant to development: crucial issues and future directions
- ( R Heeks;A Jagun / Development Studies Association, UK and Ireland , 2007)
- This briefing summarises some key issues and research priorities emerging from the workshop on "Mobiles and Development" held at the University of Manchester in May 2007. ...
- Meeting consumer demand for m-commerce in developing countries: cases from Philippines and South Africa
- ( N. Wishart / infoDev , 2006)
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This Paper summarises the first phase of an ongoing investigation into the application of mobile-enabled commerce (m-Commerce) in developing markets, through examining cases from the Philippines an...
- Mobile phones as catalysts for financial service innovations in South Africa
- ( G Ivatury;M Pickens / Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest , 2006)
- The study provides several insights from one of the first major initiatives dedicated to offering m-banking services to the poor- WIZZIT. It shows that m-banking services are valued by poor people in ...
- Isn’t it ironic? Reinforcement of gender stereotypes through mobilising ICT in Zambia
- ( K Wakunuma / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester , 2006)
- This presentation of the author’s research concentrates on two ICTs, the internet and mobile phones, to discuss social and economic development as well as empowerment aspects or lack therefore r...
- Sending messages to save lives: TB and mobile technology in South Africa
- ( J Hüsler / kiwanja.net , 2005)
- This evaluation looks at a project led by On Cue, a small company based in Cape Town, which sends Short Message Service (SMS) messages to patients, reminding them to take their TB medication at pre-de...
- Home-grown innovations: the cultural context of mobile phone use in Africa
- ( J Donner / Vodafone , 2005)
- This essay discusses three examples from Africa, of user-led practice innovations which have emerged in an environment of economic scarcity and poor telecommunications, particularly landline, infrastr...
- Mobile transactions in developing countries: key issues for policy makers
- ( N Hughes / Vodafone , 2007)
- This report contributes to the policy debate by analysing the potential hurdles to the extension of mobile transactions from the present small base, and thereby suggesting possible actions to lower th...
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