People tend to get pretty excited around mobile technology. In developing countries most of this excitement has centred around their proliferation into poorer rural, communication-starved areas, and their new-found potential in helping close the digital divide. Handset giants such as Nokia and Motorola believe that mobile devices will “close the digital divide in a way … Continue reading The Digital Divider
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Inspiring the local [by default]
I’m all for local solutions to local problems. Or even locally-inspired solutions to local (or national) problems. Or nationally-inspired solutions to local or national problems. I think you get the picture. But one thing I’m not quite so keen on is the default state of international solutions to local problems, or national problems in some … Continue reading Inspiring the local [by default]
Battle at the bottom of the pyramid
You can imagine the headlines. “Western giants battle over the hearts, minds (and ultimately the wallets?) of Africa’s rural poor” I’m talking about the battle going on right under our noses between MIT and Microsoft, or Nicholas Negroponte and Bill Gates, or the $100 laptop and a Windows/mobile device (as yet unnamed since it’s not … Continue reading Battle at the bottom of the pyramid