Category Archives: Development

Ron Nixon on Following Disappearing Aid Money

Where does all the aid money sent to Africa actually go? Ron Nixon of the New York Times attempts to answer that very question with ...
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Google Earth Workshops Coming to Kampala and Nairobi

Wondering which Google Geo tool to use? Google Earth or Google Maps? What about Google Map Maker and Google SketchUp? Well, this is your ...
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1 Household in 5 Worldwide has Broadband

A new Gartner study says that one household in five will have broadband access by the end of 2009. A total of 422 million households ...
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Does Africa Really Need Internet Access?

So asks lepetitnegre, pointing out that while in many parts of the world Internet access is considered a fundamental right, Africa is long from realizing ...
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The Future of Funding

The plight of many groups, both for profit and non, is funding. How is money acquired, who is it acquired from and what do they ...
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The Future of Giving

Does the future of field research lie in augmented reality?
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The Future of Philanthropy

Recently, Jasper Grosskurth of STT Netherlands Study Centre for Technology Trends asked me, “What’s the Future of Africa?”. We wasn’t asking about the the day ...
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International Funding for African Think Tanks

IRIN reports that international donors are collaborating to provide funding for 24 African think tanks in the next ten years. $30 million is pledged for ...
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The Bottom 5%

The above map illustrates that by deleting all the countries that make up the bottom 5% of global GDP contributors we eliminate nearly 2.9 billion ...
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Smart Phones, Transparency and Developmental Aid

Africa Interactive is working to build a network of African journalist, photographers and filmmakers. This network consists of 400 individuals in 35 African countries. Last ...
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