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Mobile Banking: Overview of Regulatory Framework in Emerging Markets

Research, Reports, and White Papers

Author: Rasheda Sultana Publication Type: Report/White paper Publication Date: 1 Dec 2009 Publication language: English Abstract: Across developing countries, millions of people rely ...

03/12/2010

Shanzhai Phones: Knock-offs are Knocking on Africa's Door

Blog Post

Global Regions: Asia Middle East and North Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Image: Vodafone's release of a $15 cell phone earlier this year at the GSMA Mobile World Conference made waves in the mobile indust ...

03/10/2010

GUIDE: Getting Medical Information into the Hands of Community Health Workers

Case Study

For community health workers who are far from medical libraries and urban centers, staying up-to-date on the latest medical advancements and disease treatments can be difficult. GUIDE , developed by AED-Satellife , is a conversion and content mana ...

03/09/2010

Texting against AIDS

Research, Reports, and White Papers

Author: Hajo van Beijma Publication Type: Magazine or newspaper article Publication Date: 1 Oct 2009 Publisher/Journal: ZAIN: Chaos by Design Publication language: English Abstr ...

03/09/2010

Women and Mobile: Is It Really a Global Opportunity?

Blog Post

Countries: Bolivia Egypt India Kenya Image: This review was written by Anne-Ryan Heatwole with Katrin Verclas. Today is International Women's Day and as we do every year, we are looking at ...

03/08/2010

How to Manage e- (and m-) Waste: The UNEP Investigates

Blog Post

Countries: Brazil China Colombia India Kenya Mexico Morocco Peru Senegal South Africa Uganda Image: The United Nations Environment Programm ...

03/03/2010

Finding Some ICT Answers in Benin: A Guest Post by Linda Raftree, PLAN International

Blog Post

Countries: Benin Image: This guest post was written by Linda Raftree who is using social media and ICTs in youth and community development work in Africa and elsewhere. She works for the NGO Plan .  H ...

03/02/2010

A Guide to Mobile Security for Citizen Journalists

How-To

Author: Melissa Loudon Abstract: Citizen journalism, and with it the rise of alternative media voices, is one of the most exciting possibilities for mobile phones in activism. Mobile phones are used to compose stories, capture ...

03/01/2010

Getting the Word Out About HIV: Imbizo Men's Health Program

Case Study

(This case study is reprinted with permission from Glen Thompson of BulkSMS.com) HIV support programme uses SMS to keep men connected This case study illustrates that the use of appropriate mobile technology has a positive impact on main ...

02/28/2010

M4Girls: Empowering Female Students

Case Study

The following is the executive summary of M4Girls, prepared by the Mindset Network and Neil Butcher and Associates, and reprinted here with permission from Mindset. Introduction The M4girls project is a partnership between Nokia, Mindset Net ...

02/23/2010