To be useful to people in rural communities, mobile apps need to take literacy, language and affordability into account.
ICTUpdate - a current awareness bulletin for ACP Agriculture
Current issue: Mobile apps
- Issue no. 57
- December 2010
Q&A
The potential of apps
‘I think it will be a while yet before a significant proportion of phones will be able to accept the widespread use of apps.’
Techtip
TechTip: Project support with SMS
RapidSMS helps organisations manage communications, data collection and logistics support using cell phones. The system was designed to be adaptable to many situations, a...
Editorial
Applied applications
Mobile applications first came to prominence in 2008 when Apple launched its App Store, an online service where customers could download applications, essentially software,...
EXPLORE ICT update
FEATURED TECHNOLOGY: Hardware
New crops from old PCs..
Refurbished computers provide internet and e-learning to rural communities in Uganda. Farmers there have increased crop production and their annual income. ...
Pan-African podcasting..
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Saving traditions..
The indigenous Ngalia people of Western Australia have adapted a wide variety of technologies in their fight to preserve their traditional knowledge and culture....
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.....
BROWSE TECHNOLOGY
all technologies...FEATURED Theme: Issue no. 60 - Rural ICT policy
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 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.....
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,.....