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This is the second article in a series aimed at the non-technical reader to help demystify ICT for development. This month we explore the concept of “green” ICT. What does it mean in practical terms for us as citizens, businesses and government? Welcome, to this the first article of a new series of monthly articles [...]

I arrived in Geneva this morning greeted by blue skies, an azure Lake and a gentle, warm summer breeze – oh and Aziz a very friendly and helpful taxi driver! I spent most of the morning discussing international trends in ICT and how developing and emerging economies are (or are not) observing these trends with [...]

Papua New Guinea is developing an ICT strategy to guide resource allocation and prioritisation in the education sector. Squarely focused on international trends, the strategy aims to use ICT to leverage particular national comparative advantages, emphasize energy efficiency and new technologies such as thin-client architecture, virtualisation and flash-based computing. The strategy also elevates the XO-PC to a [...]

This newspaper clipping was from a Papua New Guinean national newspaper in July, 2009. It shows a woman talking on a cellphone powered by a D-cell battery and some wires. Necessity is truly the mother of invention. It might be that solutions to the developed worlds resource limitations lie in developing countries. Developing countries have, [...]