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Rwanda: US$149,500 to be invested for ICT in education by Samsung, Intel

The Government of Rwanda has found a helping hand with its efforts to boost the ICT access in the country. Gobal firms Intel and Samsung have donated an assortment of solar powered computers and and internet connectivity in a number of schools in developing countries, including Rwanda. The primary focus […]

March 21, 2013

Health eVillages to launch new mHealth effort in Haiti

Health eVillages is the name of the global programme by Physicians Interactive’s Donato Tramuto and the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights. Its HERO initiative (Health eVillages College Outreach) will soon be placing nursing educators to help clinicians in Haiti build capacities in the mHealth sector. Read […]

March 21, 2013

Mexico: Pregnant women with gestational diabetes to now use mHealth

As many as 18 per cent of pregnant women in Mexico are likely to contract gestational diabetes. To help the women at risk, a new mHealth programme has been launched by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation and Project HOPE. This programme will provide timely education and management information to the women. […]

March 21, 2013

Myanmar: Cisco and USAID partner to support ICT development

Myanmar is soon to see a boost in ICT capacity building and training as Cisco and USAID have partnered to provide ICT skills training in the country’s emerging and underserved market. While locations have not been finalised, Cisco has committed to donating lab equipment, as well as providing career skills […]

March 21, 2013

India: Piramal Foundation collaborates with Karnataka government to scale access to telemedicine

The Piramal Foundation’s Swasthya Project HMRI (Health Management and Research Institute) has signed an agreement with the state government of Karnataka to provide telehealth services to citizens through information helpline services. This project will be called “Arogya Vani” and is targeted to help poor people living in rural communties. It […]

March 21, 2013

Global mHealth market to reach US$26 billion by 2017

Prediction by analysts research2guidance in their new report “Global Mobile Health Market Report 2013-2017” say that the mHealth global marketplace will be worth US$26 billion by 2017, and will reach as many as 1.7 billion users. Read more here and here.

March 21, 2013

Global mobile payment transactions to hit US$1 trillion by 2015

According to a new research by Heavy Reading Mobile Networks Insider, global mobile transactions are going to hit US$1 billion 2 years ahead of predictions by other analysts. While other analysts have said this amount will be reached in 2017, HRMNI is confident this milestone will be reached in 2015. […]

March 21, 2013

Azerbaijan: President’s FB page posts infographic on ICT development

Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev has an unofficial Facebook page that recently posted an interactive infographic that highlighted the growth of the country in the ICT sector. Named “2003-2013: Accelerated development of the ICT sector – basic formula for success in the XXI century”, this infographic lists information dating back to […]

March 21, 2013

Making cell phones that do not kill

Most of the minerals that go into the smart phones of the world – iPhone, and the like, are sourced from African mines that fund warlords and encourage child labour. Bas van Abel runs an innvovative electronics company that sources its components ethically – minerals from Conflict Free Tin Initiative, […]