Comments on: Grameen’s AppLab comes of age http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/ Where technology meets anthropology, conservation and development Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:28:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Burgess http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-11589 Eric Burgess Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:48:07 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-11589 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Grameen's AppLab comes of age http://t.co/2dSdyBLb #uwyngworld</span></span> Grameen's AppLab comes of age http://t.co/2dSdyBLb #uwyngworld

]]> By: In the field: 15 traveller tips for Africa http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-11184 In the field: 15 traveller tips for Africa Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:54:06 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-11184 [...] In my earlier days I did a lot of travel, mostly to and around Africa. (One thing I regret never managing to do was walk across the continent, something I started tentatively planning a few years ago). As our organisation has grown and my role within it changed, I spend more time today travelling to conferences giving talks than actually doing the work. My last major piece of extended fieldwork (i.e. longer than a week) was back in the summer of 2007 when I spent a month in Uganda consulting with Grameen’s fledgling AppLab. [...] [...] In my earlier days I did a lot of travel, mostly to and around Africa. (One thing I regret never managing to do was walk across the continent, something I started tentatively planning a few years ago). As our organisation has grown and my role within it changed, I spend more time today travelling to conferences giving talks than actually doing the work. My last major piece of extended fieldwork (i.e. longer than a week) was back in the summer of 2007 when I spent a month in Uganda consulting with Grameen’s fledgling AppLab. [...]

]]> By: When in Rome. Or Africa. | Build it Kenny, and they will come... http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-11145 When in Rome. Or Africa. | Build it Kenny, and they will come... Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:06:56 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-11145 [...] In my earlier days I did a lot of travel, mostly to and around Africa. (One thing I regret never managing to do was walk across the continent, something I started tentatively planning a few years ago). As our organisation has grown and my role within it changed, I spend more time today travelling to conferences giving talks than actually doing the work. My last major piece of fieldwork was back in the summer of 2007 when I spent a month in Uganda consulting with Grameen’s fledgling AppLab. [...] [...] In my earlier days I did a lot of travel, mostly to and around Africa. (One thing I regret never managing to do was walk across the continent, something I started tentatively planning a few years ago). As our organisation has grown and my role within it changed, I spend more time today travelling to conferences giving talks than actually doing the work. My last major piece of fieldwork was back in the summer of 2007 when I spent a month in Uganda consulting with Grameen’s fledgling AppLab. [...]

]]> By: CnC Philippines http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-4842 CnC Philippines Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:30:06 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-4842 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Great idea come of age: Grameen’s AppLab comes of age | Build it Kenny, and they will come... http://is.gd/1i1P9</span></span> Great idea come of age: Grameen’s AppLab comes of age | Build it Kenny, and they will come… http://is.gd/1i1P9

]]> By: Infrastrukturella problem finner lösning från Sverige? | Björn Sennbrink http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Infrastrukturella problem finner lösning från Sverige? | Björn Sennbrink Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:22:59 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-1788 [...] tjänster såsom ”mobile banking” är stort på sina håll och det finns ett par andra intressanta projekt som drar nytta av att befolkningen har [...] [...] tjänster såsom ”mobile banking” är stort på sina håll och det finns ett par andra intressanta projekt som drar nytta av att befolkningen har [...]

]]> By: Media Helping Media http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-2066 Media Helping Media Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:27:43 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-2066 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/joncamfield">@joncamfield</a> I enjoyed the piece http://bit.ly/3n2L0 and have saved the links http://bit.ly/10sfR and http://bit.ly/p5Uwl very helpful</span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/helpingmedia/status/2709623252">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> @joncamfield I enjoyed the piece http://bit.ly/3n2L0 and have saved the links http://bit.ly/10sfR and http://bit.ly/p5Uwl very helpful

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: helpingmedia http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-7379 helpingmedia Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:27:43 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-7379 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content"><a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/joncamfield">@joncamfield</a> I enjoyed the piece http://bit.ly/3n2L0 and have saved the links http://bit.ly/10sfR and http://bit.ly/p5Uwl very helpful</span></span> @joncamfield I enjoyed the piece http://bit.ly/3n2L0 and have saved the links http://bit.ly/10sfR and http://bit.ly/p5Uwl very helpful

]]> By: In the news this week: the Question Box « SIG-III Blog http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 In the news this week: the Question Box « SIG-III Blog Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:48:40 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-1429 [...] Banks also notes that the Grameen Foundation this week launched its AppLab initiative in Uganda. (AppLab stands for application laboratory, and is essentially a project to get people in different locales around the developing world building information access applications for mobile devices such as cellphones. Their about us page has more detail). Kiwanja posts an insider’s view of the project’s rollout in Uganda to his blog. [...] [...] Banks also notes that the Grameen Foundation this week launched its AppLab initiative in Uganda. (AppLab stands for application laboratory, and is essentially a project to get people in different locales around the developing world building information access applications for mobile devices such as cellphones. Their about us page has more detail). Kiwanja posts an insider’s view of the project’s rollout in Uganda to his blog. [...]

]]> By: Joe Willcox http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Joe Willcox Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:29:41 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-1373 Hi, Ken - this story is picked up in my recent blog post here: http://developing-telecoms.blogspot.com/2009/07/mobile-applications-used-to-alleviate.html Also, my blogging alter-ego just started tweeting and following Kiwanja on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DevTelWatch Hi, Ken – this story is picked up in my recent blog post here:

http://developing-telecoms.blogspot.com/2009/07/mobile-applications-used-to-alleviate.html

Also, my blogging alter-ego just started tweeting and following Kiwanja on Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/DevTelWatch

]]> By: craigheintzman (Craig Heintzman) http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 craigheintzman (Craig Heintzman) Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-1370 "Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right." http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a> “Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right.” http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 @kiwanja

]]> By: Craig Heintzman http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 Craig Heintzman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-2067 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">"Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right." http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a></span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/craigheintzman/status/2442231989">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> "Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right." http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 @kiwanja

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

]]> By: Craig Heintzman http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/comment-page-1/#comment-2068 Craig Heintzman Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:53:33 +0000 http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/?p=2084#comment-2068 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">"Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right." http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 <a href="http://topsy.com/twitter/kiwanja">@kiwanja</a></span> <div class="topsy_trackback_links">[<a href="http://twitter.com/craigheintzman/status/2442231989">Original tweet</a>, <a href="http://topsy.com/tb/www.kiwanja.net/blog/2009/06/grameens-applab-comes-of-age/">Topsy page</a>]</div></span> “Rural communities aren’t just passive recipients of info, but content generators in their own right.” http://tinyurl.com/lt77h5 @kiwanja

[Original tweet, Topsy page]

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