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Recent Developments, <br /> Key Innovations, and <br /> Insightful Reports

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Ex-Apple executive works on poverty eradication in India

Jeff Martin, who founded the non-profit called mPowering which has helped build schools and hospitals in Odisha, one of the states in India with lowest developmental indexes. mPowering uses the extensive number of cell phone towers, falling costs of mobile subscriptions and low GSM and Wifi costs of connectivity to […]

September 21, 2012

China: Internet bridges rural-urban education divide

Schools in rural areas of China are years behind the schools in towns and cities due to infrastructure and teaching methods. Now, this is changing as institutions use tools which enable the use of internet and multimedia services for educational purposes for the children, effectively bridging the urban-rural education gap. […]

September 21, 2012

India: Start-up firms dominating the academic apps market

There are a number of technology oriented entrepreneurs who are preparing for a time when schools books will be replaced by low cost tablets, are working on a number of innovative softwares. Some are endeavouring on applications that can recognize handwriting, analyse classwork and provide feedback to instructors. Read more […]

September 21, 2012

Bangladesh: Providing agri-info through e-Krishok

In Bangladesh, timely information regarding crops and weather is unavailable to the smallholder, and mostly poor farmers. This information gap is being addressed through e-Krishok, a phone and SMS-based information service for the farmers. e-Krishok is the product of a collaboration between BIID (Bangladesh Institute of ICT in Development), Katalyst, […]

September 21, 2012

India: ITC’s e-Choupal give the company a price edge

In India, while most companies face a problem of rising inputs cost, exacerbated by the problem of erratic monsoons, ITC has found itself a cost advantage. ITC’s social entrepreneurship chain e-Choupal, an ICT based service which cuts middlemen, connecting farmers directly to procurers, has been helping it cut down procurement […]

September 21, 2012

Apollo Hospitals to align with AfroIndia Medical to set up 30 tele-medicine units in Africa

Apollo Hospitals, the chain of hospitals in India has signed an MoU with Africa-based AfroIndia Medical Services to expand their services to West and East Africa through AfroIndia’s infrastructure. Through this initiative, doctors in Africa will be able to access the expertise of doctors in India through competent telehealth services. […]

September 21, 2012

mHealth market – the next big thing in China

According to a new research by RNCOS (in their report “China Healthcare Market Forecast to 2015”) the Chinese healthcare industry is entering a new phase of growth wherein the global trend of use of mHealth will be a key factor. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

Africa: Best tools to boost mHealth initiatives

This post enlists 10 of the best tools operational on the field in Africa. It includes the mention and explanation of workings of softwares like EpiSurveyor, softwares by Ushahidi, Frontline SMS, openMRS and more. Read more here.

September 21, 2012

Grameen and eBay Foundations supported Mobile Marketplace and Mobile Transaction Platform

Realizing the potential of mobile phones in transforming the lives of the poor in the developing as well as developed markets alike, Grameen Foundation and eBay Foundation started working on a number of projects in West Java. Read more here.