ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture
Current issue: Mapping
- Issue no. 54
- April 2010
Perspectives
Using the Geoweb
Q&A
When the crowd becomes the source
Techtip
TechTip: Add geotags to photos
Editorial
Editorial: Putting power on the map
EXPLORE ICT update
FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware
Clean up campaign..
Tackling e-waste. Steps are already being taken in Trinidad and Tobago to make sure discarded computers don’t end up in landfill sites and become and environment......
Raising school standards..
SchoolNet Namibia has developed a computer lab that can be installed in any school in the country. This helps to simplify the training and technical support proc......
Reviving a language..
With half of the world’s languages likely to die out this century, a Canadian initiative shows how multimedia technology can regenerate interest....
Ready for new developments..
As internet coverage expands in Ghana, a project helps schools make the best use of the web and helps rural communities adapt to the technology....
BROWSE TECHNOLOGY
all technologies...FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 60 - Rural ICT policy
The democracy of technology..
National ICT policies provide guidance on how a country promotes the development of the information and communications sector. Ideally, these policies ensure th.....
Input through data..
Since 2002, the SEND Foundation has been monitoring Ghana’s poverty reduction strategy, and researching whether the country’s poor have been benefitting from th.....
A network for a new economy..
The Government of Rwanda’s document, ‘Vision 2020’, sets out plans that will transform the country’s economy from being largely dependent on agriculture to conc.....
The benefits of better serv.....
Access to telecommunication services can greatly improve economic growth. And this is especially the case in developing countries. According to the World Bank,.....