ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture

Current issue: Special 50th issue

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Issue no. 50
July 2009

The many uses of mobiles

Mobile phones can deliver information in many different ways
An industry in development

The business of mobile banking continues to grow in rural South Africa
A time of technological change

A decade of convergence and divergence in communication technology
When persistence pays off

ICT training for rural communities can be key to prosperity in Kenya

Perspectives

Interesting times in ICTs

This 50th issue of ICT Update magazine comes at a time of many interesting developments. On 23 July 2009, broadband internet access was brought East Africa thanks to the Se...

Q&A

Finding the right balance

The farming world will only have a future if it can strike the right balance between the technical decisions farmers make and the management of energy supply.

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FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware

Window to the world..

The war in northern Uganda has driven thousands of people from their homes to live in camps. Now, after a lot of trial an error, BOSCO Uganda has brought the int......

A climate mashup..

‘In many parts of the world agricultural systems are based largely on tradition. Farmers have been able to rely on the methods used by their forefathers because.....

A problem shared..

Introducing technology to rural areas can be difficult. But networking and sharing ideas has provided solutions for one village in western Kenya, where a group o......

Using BGAN to talk..

Using a VoIP conference call feature on a portable satellite connection, remote communities can express their opinions in their own language, and organizations ca......

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