Over the course of the past semester, I teamed up with fellow RPI IT student, Lorena Nicotra, to develop a project that would promote curriculum-driven technology use in primary schools in Tanzania. In response to the problem of neglected computer donations in Tanzanian schools, we wanted to come up with an idea that would help schools make effective, intuitive…
Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2012 – A group of Young Global Leaders will pilot a non-profit initiative this spring, which aims to give the 1 billion mobile phone users living in poverty access to educational phone apps. Currently under development, AppBridge is an online platform to encourage talented software developers to link up with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community…
Dar es Salaam (IITA) – The push to increase the production of cassava in Tanzania has received a major boost with the recent official release of four new varieties that are tolerant to the deadly rot disease of the crop, the Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and resistant to the equally devastating Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD). The two diseases…
Davos, Switzerland, 23 January 2012 – The Open Forum Davos 2012 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the World Economic Forum’s open debate with the general public, with a programme this year that includes a timely discussion on the future of capitalism.Against a backdrop of increasing anger at the perceived failings of the current financial system, the Open Forum gives…
MIKI TASSENI: _ AFRICAN universities are in a perennial search for relevance, where theoretical work is conducted within known parameters of what is being sought, and that it conforms or otherwise reflects problems arising from being in Africa, rather than constituting an extension of problems which troubled people elsewhere. It is however uncertain that Africa can build a foundation…
MIKI TASSENI: THERE used to be no doubt in the past as to who was the global leader, namely the United States, but recent cataclysms which in actual fact were touched off by the failure of Lehman Brothers, a major US investment bank, put that into question. When the crisis broke out, competition started as to who would get…
Tigo Tanzania, a telecom operator in Tanzania and a subsidiary of Millicom International Cellular has announced the launch of Voice SMS, a non-obtrusive and easy-to-use service that’s geared towards addressing the needs of new-age consumers.A first of its kind in the country, Tigo is using the pioneering Voice SMS technology from Kirusa which is the world’s leading vendor of…
By MIKI TASSENI: IT is becoming routine to hear that the greatest threat to world economy is the growing gap between the rich and the poor, which largely refers to such phenomenon in western countries, where it appears panic gathering pace, if one pays close attention to profound social disruption in Greece, and possibly various other areas. In some…
Beijing, January 18, 2012 – Developing countries should prepare for further downside risks, as Euro Area debt problems and weakening growth in several big emerging economies are dimming global growth prospects, says the World Bank in the newly-released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) 2012. The Bank has lowered its growth forecast for 2012 to 5.4 percent for developing countries and…
Geneva, Switzerland, 16 January 2012 – A new World Economic Forum Report says up to US$ 2 trillion could be saved through resource-efficient measures across just three sectors – carbon, steel and iron – in the major economies alone. The report, More with Less: Scaling Sustainable Consumption and Resource Efficiency, outlines the opportunity and imperative for industry-led action for…