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August 6, 2012
Nigeria: Lagos authorities demolish homes in Makoko floating slum
Authorities have decided to demolish the century old slum floating in Makoko, a coastline settlement in Lagos Metropolis. This was demonstrated by a recent government demolition exercise carried out recently. Read more here.
August 6, 2012
The cool new school in rural India
In India, 40 per cent of the populaiton is still illiterate. Instating new technologies that aid education is almost an impossible feat, one that is in many cases infavourably viewed because of the significant costs of infrastructure building involved. In the midst of this scenario, there is a school in […]
August 6, 2012
India: Village kids take Skype route to education
eVidyaLoka is a non-profit organization which helps children in the south of India connect with Indians around the globe, as well as some as near as Chennai or Bangalore to educate them through technological medium like Skype, YouTube, and more to make children of local rural government schools proficient in […]
August 6, 2012
Kenya: New app seeks to empower farmers and women in technology
M-Farm, is an award winning agribusiness company created by three women, and it has recently launched a new mobile application that seeks to both empower rural farmers and women seeking careers in technology. While previously, M-Farm had helped farmers obtain information on price and buyers of produce, this new app […]
August 6, 2012
India: ITC’s eChoupal services
This post gives a brief overview of the implementation, success and scale of Indian company ITC’s social e-venture eChoupal which has helped Indian farmers access accurate market information and manage risks. Read more here.
August 6, 2012
Technological innovations across the world in healthcare
This CHMI post diagrammatically enlists programmes and also the number of the same which use technological innovations in their respective programmes. Read the lists here.
August 6, 2012
Development of low-cost m-Health devices leads to TR35 prize
In developing countries like Colombia, one of the challenges that mobile phone apps can solve is providing specialized care to vulnerable populations. This is precisely the direction in which 25 year old biomedical engineer Juan Sebastián Osorio applied innovation to develop various mobile applications and specialized personal medical devices. Read […]
August 6, 2012
India: Poor women to get mobile feeds on their financial info
About 9 million women in Andhra Pradesh, India’s SHGs ()Self Help Groups) are set to have access to their financial transactions history on their mobile phones very soon. This will be because of a book-keeping project being launched by the State Government. Read more here.
August 6, 2012
Haiti mobile money initiative reaches the 5 million transaction milestone
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and USAID recently announced that two of Haiti’s mobile network operators, Digicel and Voila would be sharing an award of US$3.2million from the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative (HMMI) for reaching the 5 million transaction milestone and meeting the award program’s requirements. Read more here.
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
Under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), India has 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups (SHGs) spread across 27 states and 6 Union Territories. Each of these small, self-governed, and peer-co..