kiwanja.net ran a regular PC World column in 2008 and 2009, touching on the intersection of technology and development across the developing world. PC World is one of the world’s best-known technology publications reaching millions of readers worldwide. This gave us a rare opportunity to put the stories and challenges of mobile in the developing world in front of a mainstream audience. A full index of the articles is available in PDF format below.
PC World column articles
2008
- 30 March 2008The Mobile Revolution
- 14 April 2008Mobile Phones Play Role in Zimbabwe
- 23 April 2008Under the Radar? Africa’s Informal Development
- 5 May 2008Intel, OLPC Affordable Laptop Bout Only Hurts Users
- 15 May 2008Telecom: Nice to Have or Basic Necessity?
- 23 May 2008Appropriate Technology and the Humble Mobile Phone
- 6 June 2008Serving up Life in an Online World
- 19 June 2008The Mobile Revolution’s Hidden Cost
- 27 June 2008Witnessing the Human Face of Mobile in Malawi
- 17 July 2008Anthropology’s Technology-driven Renaissance
- 29 July 2008Mobile Phones and the Digital Divide
- 11 August 2008Delivering Aid in a Digital World
- 14 August 2008Mobiles, SMS Play a Role in Afghanistan Security
- 15 September 2008‘Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Technology’
- 8 October 2008Mobile IT Helps Conservationists Get the Message
- 5 November 2008Nokia: From Technical Development to Human Development?
- 20 November 2008Mobile Finance – Indigenous, Ingenious or Both?
- 1 December 2008‘Social Mobile’ Applications: The Missing Book
- 19 December 2008Mobile Phones and the Birds and the Bees
2009
- 16 January 2009Where Walkie-talkies Dare
- 26 January 2009Mobile Phones Join the Rural Radio Mix
- 29 May 2009Glimpsing into a Mobile Future
- 9 July 2009Searching Where Google Can’t
- 20 July 2009Weather Stations Will Use Mobile Infrastructure
- 31 July 2009Mobile Phones Help Put a Stop to Drug Stock-outs
- 10 August 2009CreditSMS Helps Structure Informal Mobile Finance