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Tracy Wyman

Google Books: Information Systems and the economics of innovation - 6 views

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    For our computer scientist friends - how IT use and take-up influences innovation systems more broadly
Andrés Moreno

Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy by Steve Daniels « Analogue... - 0 views

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    Recent book on informal market innovation. Pretty interesting. 
Andrés Moreno

Maker Faire Africa - 1 views

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    Series of events in Africa where local ideas and innovations are showcased
Tracy Wyman

Network on Innovation Policy (Northern Europe focus) - 0 views

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    The Six Countries Programme (6CP) is an international network of public policy-makers, business leaders, academics, and other experts working in the field of innovation and meeting periodically to discuss the latest developments in innovation research, policy and practice.
Andrés Moreno

Engineering a Leadership Strategy for the African High-Tech Industry - 0 views

  • “In electrical engineering programs [at African universities], they teach you to understand how existing equipment works, but they do not encourage creative thinking or design. As for software developers, they can go through an entire four-year program and not understand how to program a basic circuit-board control mechanism
  • ll this new capacity is paving the way for a flood of entrepreneurial ventures that take advantage of Africa’s growing connectivity and expanding pool of high-tech talent. Unlike manufacturing, mining, and other “old economy” industries, high-tech has relatively low capital requirements and is not as dependent on physical infrastructure, where the historical legacy of underdevelopment has held Africa back. Talented entrepreneurs can connect directly with customers in the global market and to communities of their peers anywhere in the world, with fewer dependencies on local governments.
  • Ekekwe says he would like to see more public-private partnerships aimed at creating a center of excellence for hardware design somewhere in Africa. “We need a place where young engineers can create and test their own designs, as they do at the top schools in the United States and elsewhere,” he said.
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    Article that pushes agenda for African engineers role in development. A bit blurred line  between electric engineers and software developers
Andrés Moreno

Mobile Monday Kenya Meet-Up on USTREAM: Mobile Monday is a global community of mobile i... - 1 views

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    mobile monday online stream from Kenya iHub
Tracy Wyman

UNIDOS world development reports - 2 views

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    These have plenty of evidence and case studies on issues related to industrial development and innovation in developing countries
Tracy Wyman

News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world - 1 views

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    A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology for the developing world. Gives policymakers, researchers, the media and civil society information and a platform to explore how science and technology can reduce poverty, improve health and raise standards of living around the world.
Tracy Wyman

Science and innovation policy and networks links - 0 views

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    Science and technology networks in the following categories: - Government agencies - International bodies - Networking tools and organisations - Non-governmental organisations - Publications and information services - Research initiatives and academic groups
Andrés Moreno

The emergence of African produced software « ICT4Entrepreneurship - 0 views

  • The development sector works in the same way and undercuts local players by donating capital, ICT tools and expertise. Offering services for free makes it near impossible for local organizations to compete at cost
  • The R&D policy must be based on the production conditions in the region, the need first to produce for the domestic/regional market (only secondarily for the export market), and Africa’s location within the global value chain.’
  • Given this context, local capacity is a critical component to Africa’s story. If the continent is ever to take control of the technologies it consumes it will need the people intelligent enough to know how it works. I argue that this is where we need to focus our attention.
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    Blog entry where a case for increasing the human capital in Africa to develop software, open source if posible.. It also criticizes compsnies and NGOs on hindering local progress
Andrés Moreno

NEPAD DRAFTS YOUTH INTO ICT DEVELOPMENT AGENDA | balancingact-africa.com - 1 views

  • A three-year programme was designed and will be presented for adoption at an official launch that will coincide with the NEPAD Youth Summit to be held in June.
  • The purpose of the NEPAD ICT Programme is to accelerate development of ICT infrastructure, and impart ICT skills.
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    This 2006 Article develops a NEPAD 3-plan  to develop ICT infrastructure and skills for the youth. Some portal should have come out of this...Really big goals addressed
Tracy Wyman

annual conference on online technology for scientific collaboration - 1 views

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    hosted by the British Library and online bibliography company, Mendeley
Andrés Moreno

YouTube - TEDxTokyo - Kentaro Toyama - 05/15/10 - (English) - 0 views

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    After 18 years of researching novel technologies, Kentaro Toyama is ready to try something else. He believes there is a myth of scale about technologys ability to solve complex global problems that distracts us from what really matters
Andrés Moreno

African Tech Events | African Tech Network - 1 views

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    List of tech related events in MZ and Africa
Saila Saaristo

The Digital Doorway - 0 views

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    The Digital Doorway™ is an innovative system developed by the CSIR Meraka Institute with funding from the Department of Science and Technology, which encourages self-learning of computer and information skills by both children and adults in areas where information and communications technology infrastructure is scarce.
Saila Saaristo

Container Digital Doorway in KwaZulu-Natal - 0 views

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    A Digital Doorway is a rugged computer system used to promote self-learning of computer and information skills in remote areas, in this case with the farmer community.
Tracy Wyman

Center for Educational Technology, University of Cape Town - 0 views

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    The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) supports the use of educational technology for teaching and learning and works in partnership with the university community. The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) enables and promotes and investigates the integration of learning technologies in teaching and learning at the University of Cape Town and in higher education.
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