tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141750662024-03-07T00:56:38.225-08:00Small Things Count"Small Things Count": a resource to those who approach their existence as a contribution to the world and how they live to making these initiatives happen in small or big ways.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-13825512509254059772014-07-25T05:44:00.000-07:002014-07-25T05:51:33.555-07:00Our changing world and advice on technology<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Ito's advice must be good advice which is why I read his recent piece (07/08/2014) on TED: "<a href="http://ideas.ted.com/2014/07/08/how-to-thrive-in-a-world-where-change-is-constant/" target="_blank">8 pieces of advice for thriving in a world of constant change.</a>" Using a shark feeding analogy around complexity only adds to my interest with my love for the sea, my marine scientist partner and as a surfer in general. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first five seem do-able enough (ie. 'do-it,' anti-discipline, be unconfortable, etc) ; stuff that I and other change makers I'm sure feel or do on a regular basis. I also think point #6 is also very very related to the research work that I do:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Technology like communication tech can help to facilitate faster cash transfers, improve information, keep me up to date with the happenings of friends and family. I know these activities I figure are already happening everyday because that's how life operates - money, advice to guide me and social interaction aspects. Tech can help me live my life a little bit better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then point 7 and 8 are probably the hardest: 'deprogram yourself' and 'make your own model.' I think you have to be brave to do these and perhaps you can still strive in our current world without doing them. Those who are radically able to do this would certainly have all the resources and ability to make #7 and #8 happen. But I suppose if life were broken up to bits and pieces and you can incorporate some of the passionate stuff in one's life as well as challenging the norm every so often in these bits and bobs, we will then be a 'thriver' in our awesome world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well my thursday has been lightened due to this new twitter photo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Twitter source: <span class="ProfileTweet-originalAuthor u-floatLeft u-textTruncate js-action-profile-name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #009999; display: inline !important; line-height: 14px; max-width: 60%; overflow: hidden !important; text-decoration: none !important; text-overflow: ellipsis !important; white-space: nowrap !important; word-wrap: normal !important;"><span class="ProfileTweet-screenname u-inlineBlock u-dir" dir="ltr" style="color: #8899a6; direction: ltr !important; display: inline-block !important; max-width: 100%; unicode-bidi: embed;"><a class="ProfileTweet-originalAuthorLink u-linkComplex js-nav js-user-profile-link" data-user-id="7140572" href="https://twitter.com/Documentally" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #009999; line-height: 14px; text-decoration: none !important;"><span class="at">@</span>Documentally</a> @dashburst</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is the film fest trailer which reveals just some of the great content waiting for Durban.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love how the film fest has expanded beyond the Wavescape free films on the beach front and now included various showings throughout the week. We'll be there nice and early, claiming our piece of turf for the annual wavescape opening night on the lawns of bay of plenty! It's always a great crowd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*disguised in nature</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*now now</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also local, the KZNSA gallery near the UKZN Howard College will be showing all kinds of shorts either a 6pm or 8pm showing. Perhaps a great way to see a whole bunch of new content at one go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">City Press released their top five films to watch out for during the festival: http://www.citypress.co.za/entertainment/diff-revenge-zulu-cowboys/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some of the films which has stuck out in my mind so far: </span><br />
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<br />digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-32849499570448839322014-07-17T06:55:00.000-07:002014-07-17T07:07:48.088-07:00Social policy and poverty reduction: good news and outcomes for South African kids<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is great to see social policy research be given some good coverage
recently by South African media and SA tweeters at large, especially in the last
week. In the social protection space, South African journalists have been
highlighting research on the positive well-being outcomes on poor children as a
result of social grants. Furthermore, the Department of Social development’s
recent actions on their new technological system of distribution is providing transparency
on their service provider and reacting to beneficiary feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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equity in South Africa. There are several social welfare programmes in
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, social grants
have evidence of improving the well-being outcomes of poor children (Coetzee,
2014) as well as helpe to alleviate poverty (Woolard & Leibbrandt, 2010).
Using the NIDS 2008 data, Coetzee (2014) shows specific analysis of the
average changes on a child who had received the grant for 10 percentage point
of his or her life longer than others (<a href="http://www.econ3x3.org/article/do-poor-children-really-benefit-child-support-grant" target="_blank">Below are results directly from herEcon3x3 paper)</a>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As directly from the<a href="http://www.econ3x3.org/article/do-poor-children-really-benefit-child-support-grant" target="_blank"> Coetzee paper</a>, the findings show:</span></span></div>
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patterns of the height of children, this is a statistically significant
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<li><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 14.65pt; text-indent: -18pt;">The probability of repeating a school year: A decrease of approximately
4 percentage points. (Since the average probability of repeating a school year
in the sample is 20%, this is quite an improvement – and it is statistically
significant.)</span></li>
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between R3.50 and R5 per person. (Since households in the sample on average
spent R130 per person</span><i style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 14.65pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></i><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 14.65pt; text-indent: -18pt;">on food per month, this is a
3% increase in monthly food expenditure per person. This may underestimate
the effect of the grant on children’s food intake. A smaller amount is
typically spent on food for children than for adults (children consume less
food than adults), thus the relative increase in expenditure on a child’s food
probably amounts to more than 3%. This could also explain the increase in
children’s height for age.</span></li>
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point. (This is quite large – and statistically significant – given that the
average household spent approximately 4% of household spending on such goods.)”</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Coetzee, M. (2013). <b>Finding the Benefits: Estimating
the Impact of The South African Child Support Grant.</b> <i>South African Journal
of Economics, 81</i>(3), 427-450. doi: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2012.01338.x</span><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I love tweets and one tweeter @lindseymoyo summed the article: "how
child welfare grants of as little as R310/month can have a significant
impact."</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of tweets, I (along with other tweeters!) picked up on this story due to the Daily Maverick’s
regular tweet feed which led me to another article referencing Paton and
Coetzee’s work. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Article 2. Grootes, Stephen (16 July 2014)</span><a href="http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2014-07-16-social-grants-a-real-good-story-to-tell/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank"> 'Social grants - a real, good story to tell'</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Daily Maverick online news article. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> [accessed
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The article is an attempt by Daily Maverick's Stephen Grootes to dispel
some of the cynicism around social grants in South Africa. The cynics
believe that it is wasted time and money to provide the poor with taxpayer's
money through social grants. This story again provides some of
information on Coetzee's study on improved educational and health outcomes on
children in households which receive grants. He tells SA to take some
praise for the social welfare work they have to date.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Article 3. Ensor, Linda (16 July 2014) </span><a href="http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/2014/07/16/task-team-to-probe-illegal-lending-to-social-grant-beneficiaries" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">'Task team to probe illegal lending to social grant beneficiaries'</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> BDlive website article. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> [accessed
17 July 2014]</span></span></div>
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look into latest complaints and issues of unscrupulous lending to social grant
beneficiaries.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">"during
my visits to many poor rural and urban communities, I received many complaints
from beneficiaries about various types of deductions, including loans,
deductions from multiple funeral schemes, electricity and airtime from social
grants payments, often without their knowledge or consent." </span></b></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since the new grant payment system had come online, I would see examples
of these horror stories of recipients who would see automatic deductions made
to their account and not knowing where such authorisation had taken place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-size: 12pt;">The ministry’s task team is looking to stop such
exploitation including “prohibit[ing] credit providers and other persons from
conducting and marketing their products within defined perimeters of SASSA
offices and pay-points”. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-size: 12pt;">The Ensor article further states that not all low-income
household have signed up for the support grant: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="background: white; color: #444444;">"more than 16-million
social assistance grants are paid monthly, though Ms Dlamini said that the take-up
rate for the child support grant for infants from birth to two years was
low."</span></b></span></blockquote>
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Dlamini: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444;"><b>"This is a serious concern
for us because early intervention yields better outcomes for children." </b></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"We plan to increase the take-up rate in this group by 70 %
through the implementation of various initiatives."</b></span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-size: 12pt;">These statement is promising! This is given Coetzee's research that shows improved
health and educational outcomes amongst poor households whose children take on
nearly full advantage of receiving support grants for the full duration of the
child’s life. Is this a sign that politicians are taking up research-based
evidence appropriately?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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17 July 2014]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">This story is about the Constitutional Court case on Allpay (associated
with Absa) had taken SASSA's to court on the contract to Cash paymaster services
(CPS) to provide services on distributing social grants to over 10 million
South Africans. </span></div>
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for this: first, CPS’s empowerment credentials had not been confirmed by Sassa;
and the bidders’ notice it put out was not sufficiently clear in what it wanted
in terms of biometric verification."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Apparently, previous articles were rather framing the SASSA in a manner as if it were
involved in malevolent action, corruption as such, which the article states is a distortion of the true
nature of the court case. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Given these four articles, South Africa media has been kind to social grants and researchers in this field this July 2014 month! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #141823; font-size: 12pt;">Today Sakina Kamwendo @SakinaKamwendo from SAFM's
Forum@8 asking the question: How do we break the chain of too much dependence
on Government? Kamwendo’s question ignites several great comments including the
DM article mentioned above. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">@Ntru36 along with many other tweeters argues for the job creation
route, improving the support for small and medium sized businesses and
entrepreneurs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">@Gomo_R talks about taking ownership and responsibility with one's own
neighbourhood in order to break out of government dependency. This led to a
back and forth tweet dialogue that when offered a bit more money, people would
move to take up other better opportunities. This remark brought up
questions of why not stick with one's community and invest efforts back into
it, in order to see socio-economic change from the ground. Another
tweeter mentions that his own school is in such a mess that even if help
arrived now, it would not see the immediate changes needed.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Specifically looking at social grants, @nqalatha found grants to be the
best value of government money in supporting the poor.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the discussion, you also had your nay-sayers like Tweeter @inganande
who think the social grant system are full of government dependents.
Others like @tebza_e think the government currently put more weight on
social grants that helping to enhance job opportunities.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In tweetosphere summary, it has been great to see everyday South Africans be able to contribute to such a
social policy debate in a mix of spheres. In this case we see radio listeners converge with radio, having the chance to tweet their response rather than be the limited few who
can get airtime during a short radio broadbast.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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attention 'reframing social protection for social justice' or the special issue
for the European Journal of Development Research - an emerging reflection of
"the relationship between social protection and social justice".
One great summary for the webpage: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"<span style="background: white; color: #64584e;">It uses a human wellbeing framework to explore what
is required for social protection to be truly transformative. Social protection
can be conceived, designed and implemented in different ways so that it is
better able to deliver social justice in specific developing country
contexts."</span></b></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Reference: </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Woolard, I., & Leibbrandt, M. (2010). The
Evolution and Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers in South Africa In SALDRU
(Ed.). Cape Town: University of Cape Town.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm also reading the latest from Buskens', "Gender and ICT4D" which will be available on <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ICA Encyclopeadia of Digital Communication & Society. It is truly a beautiful guide for development studies or ICT4D researchers who want a great starting point in understanding the basis of gender research with emphasis on its progression within the ICT4D field.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I'm hoping these above entries will help me to advise on some of the latest research on ICT4D coming from UKZN: <b> Mbarathi's "</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><b>The Impact Of Saving Using Mobile Money Transfer Technology Services Among Rural Wage-Earning Women: A Case Study In Maragua District, Kenya</b>" </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But let me stop here for now, start reading and getting on with the task at hand. </span>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-9869009499756376752012-11-01T06:51:00.000-07:002014-02-03T09:09:18.083-08:00Poverty and ICTs: Not an easy 'mobile phone' pill to swallow<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I want to bring to your attention the latest <a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid" target="_blank">ITID journal edition Fall 2012</a>! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><br style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In regards to Africa, there is one ITID article titled, <a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/911/382" target="_blank">"</a></span><a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/911/382" target="_blank"><b style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">The Informationalization of Poverty in Africa? Mobile Phones and Economic Structure</b></a><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/911/382" target="_blank">" by P Carmody</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">In brief, <a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/910/381" target="_blank">as Kentaro states in the editorial section</a>: "How might mobile phones be exacerbating, rather than alleviating, poverty?" My favourite type of topic to discuss! The paper tries to help us think about this statement and particularly to consider some of the bigger macro level structural issues (which often we do not consider, except maybe <a href="https://twitter.com/pplantinga" target="_blank">Paul Plantinga's policy work</a>!! ) as well as what may be some of those negative 'development' consequences. One needs to be aware of the possibility of mobile phones making inequality even more wider than the past if it is not integrated with ways for economic transformation in emerging economies like those in Africa. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I really like in this article how the author points out some of the approaches to look at poverty: structural, palliative and capability. The article then goes on to mention some of the possible contributions and (re)production of poverty from mobile phones. For example, even with the mobile phone existing unequal economic structures can still remain or be reinforced and this can affect whether one moves in or out of poverty. Some may obtain mobile phones and then be open to new opportunities but perhaps first at the consequence of falling into poverty for taking up such risks! Other examples of poverty the author gives include income depletion, extraction of resources from conflict countries (ie DRC), etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">He mentions the weak availability of research on development of ICT and software applications with a few exceptions <a href="http://www.ihub.co.ke/pages/home.php" target="_blank">(iHub gets a shout-out -woot woot!</a>) as well paucity of research on the information economy in Africa. He reflects on the few number of African researchers (gives example of South Africa).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">One part of his paper which could be debated is whether the mobile phone creates only marginal productivity of labour, or whether innovation and structural diversification are limited... hmmm... the author also states that mobile phones may benefit those in the informal sector for employment but not have long term development impacts. In part, I agree that those selling mobile phone credit as an informal sector worker are selling formal sector goods and services and this is somewhat exploitative. Formal company mobile phone operators do not have to protect the work with social or safety protection, nor other employment benefits.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/911/382" target="_blank"><b style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Carmody ITID Abstract</b></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">"Many claims are made about the transformational developmental impacts of new ICTs, particularly mobile phones, on Africa. However, such claims</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> neglect other structural dynamics and the contradictory impacts of mobile phones, which can reduce, but also sometimes increase, poverty. This paper</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> re-examines the role of mobile phones in African development and poverty, drawing on the concept of articulation. While mobile phones are meant to</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> help “flatten” the world and allow for economic development through facilitating connection between places, they often serve to reinforce the dynamics</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> of uneven development. Consequently, while mobile phones may be “socially articulating,” they recreate (new) forms of economic disarticulation, thereby</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> replicating patterns of Africa’s adverse inclusion in the global economy. The occlusion of these dynamics in the literature arguably serves a useful ideological</span><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> function: positing the mobile phone as a technical fix for what are primarily problems of power maldistribution." </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Other links on research articles on Poverty & ICTs: </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">May, J. D. (2012). <a href="http://itidjournal.org/itid/article/view/896/375" target="_blank">Digital and Other Poverties: Exploring the Connection in Four East African Countries</a>. Information Technologies & International Development, 8(2), 33-50. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.techcentral.co.za/technology-a-pathway-out-of-poverty/35726/" target="_blank">Technology a pathway out of poverty</a>. Tech Crunch and Mail and Guardian article</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">May, J., Dutton, V., & Munyakazi, L. (2011, 6-7 October 2011). <a href="http://ces.univ-paris1.fr/Traps/papers/julian%20may.PDF" target="_blank">Information and communication technologies as an escape from poverty traps: Evidence from East Africa.</a> Paper presented at the International Conference on New Evidence on Poverty Traps, University of Paris I.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Diga, K. (2007). <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2073" target="_blank">Mobile cell phones and poverty reduction: technology spending patterns and poverty level change among households in Uganda.</a> Masters in Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. </span></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">By Kathleen Diga (16
September 2012)</i></div>
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It has been five years since I last visited Nairobi, Kenya,
and my, how things have changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First
of all, where have all the potholes disappeared to?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I travelled 36 kilometres up the incredible 8
lane, fast Thika Road ‘superhighway’ – an infrastructural phenomenon for the
Nairobi population and a relief from the heavy traffic usually experienced
downtown - to find the <a href="http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/">Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This university hosts one of
SIRCA Africa scholars, Dr. Stephen Kimani, who, with his team is currently
researching on the status of women in Science and Technology (S&T) in
Kenya. Through such research, they hope to then develop an online portal which
is usable for young women to be encouraged to academically join this broad
S&T discipline which has, in the past, been poorly represented by this demographic.</div>
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I found myself at a quiet campus off Thika Road, as Kenyan
universities are currently on strike, an industrial action that have faculty
and staff asking the government to honour the collective bargaining agreements
which were set back in 2008.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite
this action, amongst many other obstacles, JKUAT faculty like Stephen strives
on to deliver on their commitments of high quality research work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that said, this Kenyan team is in midst
of administering its questionnaires to female students, S&T mentors and web
experts who will help determine how such an online collaborative tool can be
used to maximize its impact on bringing more women into the science fields within
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">After that trip, I also got to visit Angela and see<a href="http://www.research.ihub.co.ke/pages/projects.php"> iHub Research</a> for the first time! While their offices are downstairs and the iHub is upstairs, it is truly a fabulous place to get coding or get those thoughts out for the next amazing mobile application to throw down in Nairobi. And they have great coffee... </span></div>
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Despite the incredible headway from its transport
infrastructure and its momentum with innovation in ICTs and gender research, all
of this progress can also as easily regress should there be a repeat of the 2008
post-election violence given the upcoming Kenyan election.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The anxiety is real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily innovative groups like Nairobi-based <a href="http://www.ushahidi.com/" target="_blank">Ushahidi</a> were previously involved in giving the world a glimpse of what was happening on the ground in Kenya. As a research community, we must be aware
of these various factors which can hinder our societies from providing our
world with relevant solutions or finding answers which help us to lead a better
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As much as I found dramatic changes in Nairobi, I also found
that there remained the same wonderful hospitality, passion and wit of the
people which, in 2007, had captured not only my imagination where another world
is possible, but as well cemented a place in my heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it will be through these same incredible
citizens who will see Kenya overcome what was in the past and strive for an
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digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-53592392486190156222012-09-22T06:11:00.001-07:002012-09-22T06:20:02.130-07:00CPRafrica / CPRsouth 7 – Africa and Asia collide in ICT policy research in Mauritius<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can
we say AGES since my last post? It is September 2012 and much has
happened since forever... we start with progress on a PhD with the <a href="http://isd.org.za/" target="_blank">Institute for Social Development at the University of the Western Cape</a>
to bouncing around to academic conferences which have kept me
up-to-date with recent research in the various areas of ICT4D...
including CPRafrica! Here is a short story about the intellectual
experience... outside of the brilliantly blue waters and white sand...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Photo: Blue Bay, Mauritius, Photo Credit: Kathleen Diga</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The blog update is also found on the <a href="http://www.sirca.org.sg/updates/sirca-member-presence-at-cprafrica2012cprsouth7/" target="_blank">SIRCA II website</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>CPRafrica /
CPRsouth 7 – Africa and Asia collide in ICT policy research in Mauritius</u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>By Kathleen Diga (11
September 2012)</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I flew over the recently cut sugar cane fields of the
KwaZulu-Natal, a most vivid image when leaving this East Coast, it was hard to
imagine that other regions would match in similar flora scene. But this along with the familiar smell of
burning cane then made me realize that Mauritius and Durban are not at all two
worlds apart. Despite being a small
island, Mauritius pushes forward as a leader in telecom reform in Africa, yet
shares many challenges of the global South, such as lowering broadband costs
and using the fibre optic infrastructure to enhance economic growth, making it
an ideal venue to bring Asia and Africa together for the first time for the
Communication Policy Research conference.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">CPRafrica 3 / CPRsouth 7 are two conferences which have joined
forces for the first time in the month of September 2012 to discuss the latest research around ICT
policy and issues. This includes issues surrounding regulation, content and applications which are
affected by the policy choices of Asian and African countries. The workshop panels discussed some of the
latest research work around broadband prices, spectrum allocation challenges
and migration of digital TV. Along with
the panels, the stage was shared by the various academics of the global South
showing that the regions are getting closer at understanding and speaking the
same languages on telecom reform despite the heterogeneity of our contextual
issues and that the research continues to improve in our regions. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Speaking of improving research in the global
South, one highlight of the conference is the two day pre-conference young
scholar seminar. SIRCA II members
(past and present) were visible at both the young scholar seminar as well as the
conference. At the pre-conference, SIRCA
members were part of the delegation including, SIRCA Africa scholar, Achille
Tefong, SIRCA Africa officer, Kathleen Diga, SIRCA Latin America coordinator,
Roxana Barrantes, and past SIRCA Secretariat member, Sri Ranjini Mei Hua. Roxana shared with the young scholars the
latest work in Latin America in regards to the high prices of broadband amongst
a region with the highest inequality in the world. Along with this, the young scholars had the
chance to become more familiar with the issues of the South on telecom research
as well as discuss their own research with senior academics.</span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the CPR conference, Day one, Paul Plantinga presented a
paper written by him, Kathleen Diga and Fortune Nwaiwu, which examined the
extent of telecom policy including issues of poverty in three African
countries. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Substantial feedback was then
given by Roxana to the paper as the discussant on this panel. On Day Two, Ranjini presented a paper on
behalf of her team which included SIRCA Asia scholar Ezmerelda Melissa, on
reviewing e-governance websites in Indonesia.
Ranjini said that the SIRCA Director, Arul, helped to link the two of
them (who have never met before) and work together on this research. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Clearly, capacity building amongst scholars of
the global South is an effort that will bring more voice to the regions which
have in the past been neglected.
Programmes such as SIRCA and CPRafrica/CPRsouth play an instrumental
role in ensuring a research community continues to grow in the region and
allows for policy and impact to occur by the people most affected. </span></span></span><br />
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digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-65321056404450255732011-11-23T23:21:00.001-08:002011-11-23T23:29:08.335-08:00Durban Green Tours - COP17<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">From their brochure / website link: </span></b><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">"</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The eThekwini Municipality recognises the threat
posed by climate change and has, during the past decade, implemented a number
of mitigation- and adaptation-focused interventions as part of its Municipal
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the projects the municipality is involved with are the Durban Green Tours which launch on Sunday! There are two routes: one on mitigation and another on adaptation. And best of all the tour is free courtesy of eThekweni municipality! </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Sign up for the tour at the eThekwini Exhibition
Stand at the South Africa Climate Change Response Expo. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The tours will start on the 23<sup>nd</sup>
November and will run daily until the 6<sup>th</sup> December. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">All tours will leave at 10h00 from the Transport
Hub, with the exception of the two tours running on Sunday Dec 3, and will
return within four hours. I'll be on the inaugural Sunday tour as someone I know will be the infamous tour guide! </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">For more information: http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/en/logistics/green-tours.html </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></div>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-75408130113381209402010-02-26T04:45:00.000-08:002010-02-26T04:47:02.881-08:00Year of the Tiger: Meow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jlGClXs8oLfv5UE05An8kV5ekYuZTb2JpdyfclLasOr0GGiPJq9lTfbJOXcxRtRP-bm4R3AW2zPkR5o8m0m0A5NI8cIa7LhyocGJLlCl8wJWNPfe-zh_Uj2jb856VuL0zyEu/s1600-h/P1012259.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jlGClXs8oLfv5UE05An8kV5ekYuZTb2JpdyfclLasOr0GGiPJq9lTfbJOXcxRtRP-bm4R3AW2zPkR5o8m0m0A5NI8cIa7LhyocGJLlCl8wJWNPfe-zh_Uj2jb856VuL0zyEu/s320/P1012259.JPG" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My dedication to the Year of the Tiger comes from Uganda TigerFM - a great shot of the volunteer DJs at this multi-purpose community centre just outside of Kampala. Happy belated Chinese new year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Other interesting works that I came upon today particularly pertaining to Access to Knowledge: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #003366;"><b><a href="http://link.wits.ac.za/journal/journal.html#iss">*African Journal of Information and Communication:</a> Issue No 10 edited by Luci Abrahams and Eve Gray</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #003366;"><b><a href="http://arthurattwell.com/business/80-quick-easy-licences-and-why-they-matter"> *Presentation by Arthur Attwell:</a> </b></span><a class="contentpagetitle" href="http://arthurattwell.com/business/80-quick-easy-licences-and-why-they-matter">Quick, easy licences, and why they matter</a> - reviewing the possibilities of alternative business models for publishing in areas like Africa.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://escholarship.org/uc/cshe_fsc">*Report by Harley et al (Jan 2010) </a>at the University of California called, <i><span style="font-size: small;">Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in Seven Disciplines</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Across the border,<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201002250091.html"> Zimbabwe announces its 2010 – 2014 National Information Communication strategic plan. </a> ICT Minister Nelson Chamisa also hopes to cover cyber security and e-government just as proposed by South Africa. The ICT Bill is on its way to Cabinet for approval. Given Zimbabwe’s high rank in education (actually I’m not sure how it is doing these days), the group needs a solid plan for infrastructure and affordable access in order to meet a significant move towards the networked society. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div id="refHTML"></div>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-75518193463173287662010-02-25T02:27:00.000-08:002010-02-25T02:29:58.720-08:00Gendered Access to Knowledge and Africa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4ohwin4mIg-XEFcaj3BjXy8GY80jx4ATtWhzMqWHf6s6cPB-vsMshBw17r79YLS1om8DhyphenhyphencsS4ZjQdZPrgN_txDxYUuFoHSAazWdpmeZa0YFEfV1ruunBWTunmGm8-OzPUEr/s1600-h/gender-workshop-oct-08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4ohwin4mIg-XEFcaj3BjXy8GY80jx4ATtWhzMqWHf6s6cPB-vsMshBw17r79YLS1om8DhyphenhyphencsS4ZjQdZPrgN_txDxYUuFoHSAazWdpmeZa0YFEfV1ruunBWTunmGm8-OzPUEr/s320/gender-workshop-oct-08.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a photo which reminds me of my ongoing pursuit to understand gender research in the realm of information and communication <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" leohighlights_keywords="technology" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dtechnology%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dtechnology%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">technology</leo_highlight> (ICTs) for development in Africa. This is a group shot was taken back in Johannesburg in 2008 with researcher partners and IDRC staff who are trying to interrogate the socio-economic effects of ICTs and whether there are advantages or disadvantages applied differently on men versus <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" leohighlights_keywords="women" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.blogger.com" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">women</leo_highlight>. Since then, I have been trying to write out some thoughts on the gender research being pursued around me here in Africa. Here is what I hope is just the start: </div><br />
I recently published an article for GenderIT.org: <a href="http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?w=a&x=96381"><i></i></a><i><a class="headline" href="">Reaction to the Gender Findings from Africa’s Access to Knowledge Research</a>:</i><br />
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"GenderIT.org writer and a Research Officer at <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" leohighlights_keywords="canada" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dcanada%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dcanada%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">Canada</leo_highlight>`s International Development Research Centre, Kathleen Diga tracks the journey of <a href="http://www.aca2k.org/"> the African Copyright & Access to Knowledge</a> (ACA2K)research network to better understand the nature of African national copyright environments and their impact on equal opportunities for all citizens to access information, particularly in the realm of education. The author argues that the ultimate development goal of copyright law is to afford equal access to educational learning materials regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, disability or age. The law must be flexible in order to recognize existing or potential discrimination against vulnerable groups. For example income constraints are likely to discriminate against <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" leohighlights_keywords="women" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">women</leo_highlight> more than men in efforts to access educational materials.<br />
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It is a follow up to a previous GenderIT.org article,<i><a href="http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=a--e96220-1&x=96220"> University women struggle for knowledge access in Africa</a>:</i><br />
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<i>"</i>The future female leaders of Africa are up against major barriers to knowledge access, which could mean lost opportunities in university learning and teaching <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_0" leohighlights_keywords="the%20state" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520state%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dthe%2520state%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_0')" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">the state</leo_highlight>-of-the-art research most necessary for academic success. Online academic journals, and university textbooks are a few of the important resources that are part of this access to knowledge, which is pertinent particularly at the university level. Not only do students need to pass their courses, they are also encouraged to develop <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_1" leohighlights_keywords="innovative" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dinnovative%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dinnovative%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_1')" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">innovative</leo_highlight> and novel ideas informed and possibly inspired by past research work. Kathleen Diga questions whether such access of learning materials to all students and teachers at universities in Africa are fair to both <leo_highlight id="leoHighlights_Underline_2" leohighlights_keywords="women" leohighlights_underline="true" leohighlights_url_bottom="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsBottom.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" leohighlights_url_top="http%3A//shortcuts.thebrowserhighlighter.com/leonardo/plugin/highlights/3_1/tbh_highlightsTop.jsp?keywords%3Dwomen%26domain%3Dwww.genderit.org" onclick="leoHighlightsHandleClick('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseout="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOut('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" onmouseover="leoHighlightsHandleMouseOver('leoHighlights_Underline_2')" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); cursor: pointer; display: inline;">women</leo_highlight> and men."<br />
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All kinds of great stuff coming up like <a href="http://www.designindaba.com/">Design Indaba</a> in Cape Town (26-28 Feb 2010) and <a href="http://www.afrikaburns.com/">2010 Afrika Burn</a>s (22-27 April 2010) in the Tankwa Karoo. <br />
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Look forward to a year of creative vibrations.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-69654560237668283942010-02-11T11:20:00.000-08:002010-02-18T12:07:01.770-08:00Free Nelson Mandela - 20 years later<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdS22mNpNpwNANLWruf2C9S7ffn2AgnHp0k_DzCNcJx6dPo3VxyQD1mghpZJAleLSV-m_OedduALK75_rfc3ELjnvr0BjzAEm8DwEhcIXVMqIR0EzE_C61QGMGgzJw2X2Ve-SK/s1600-h/P1013914.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdS22mNpNpwNANLWruf2C9S7ffn2AgnHp0k_DzCNcJx6dPo3VxyQD1mghpZJAleLSV-m_OedduALK75_rfc3ELjnvr0BjzAEm8DwEhcIXVMqIR0EzE_C61QGMGgzJw2X2Ve-SK/s320/P1013914.JPG" /></a></div>Today is a great day to be in South Africa. February 11, 2010 marks the 20 year anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. For 27 years Nelson Mandela was in prison. There are some <a href="http://www.iol.co.za/longwalk_tofreedom">great article pieces coming from the South African news</a>. The one supplement piece in the Star newspaper brings in many perspectives which reflect on the dawning of the new democracy in South Africa. The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8508592.stm">audioslide show by BBC is fantastic</a> – brought a tear to my eye. <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1454208.stm">Read more here...</a><br />
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This day also makes me reflect on my recent visits to the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.apartheidmuseum.org">Apartheid Museum</a>, Soweto, Nelson Mandela’s house and the Hector Pieterson Memorial. I had the chance to move around to these historical places of South Africa with a seasoned activist from Canada. She was part of the Canadian network which rallied for the freedom of Nelson Mandela and pressured the Canadian government to lay international pressure on the apartheid government for a non-racial, non-sexist democratic state. It was eye opening to be more aware of the reach that this political prisoner had around the world. <br />
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I recently had to look through some of <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/books/ev-9291-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">IDRC’s past accomplishments in South Africa </a>and one of the most outstanding pieces which I speak with pride is the organization’s help in building research and recommendations in economics, urban and environmental policy which would be implemented in a new South Africa which is inclusive to all citizens of the country. Many of the researchers funded continue to be part of South Africa’s political network. <br />
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They were worthy contributions in South Africa and in Canada and I respect those who have dedicated their lives to a more fair society in this African state. Unfortunately, I live here in South Africa now and I see how the struggle continues for its people. <a href="http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/">Activism remains strong</a> as citizens still fight for the right a more equal education system, and improved services for all (housing, electricity, water). My final reflection is if this was still an apartheid state, what would I be doing today – do I remain aware of the struggles of the people yet be complacent as the rate of poverty rises, or do I rally forward with the movement as would have been done by the Canadian activist more than 20-30 years ago? Could history repeat itself but in another form if we don’t stay active in the new struggle?<br />
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</div><div style="color: black; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The photo of the coloured glass Mandela is found at the <span class="body_text"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"><strong>Regina Mundi Cathedral in Soweto. </strong></span></span></span> </div>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-55601886043277573552009-12-04T20:15:00.000-08:002009-12-17T04:22:11.163-08:00ACA2K Dissemination Seminar - RecapI recently had the chance to attend the <a href="http://aca2k.org/">ACA2K </a><a href="http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=252%3Asa-country-seminar-johannesburg-&catid=1%3Aaca2k-news&lang=en">Dissemination Seminar</a> held this month at the University of Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Hosted by the Link Centre, the half-day event was funded through the ACA2K’s supporters, <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/">IDRC</a> and Shuttleworth Foundation and was an opportunity to share their recent research findings within the realm of copyright law and its influence on access to educational materials in Africa.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><br />The event hosted about 18 representatives ranging from local librarians, NGOs, to government– all wishing to learn how copyright legislation was affecting their perception of the education system particularly in ensuring reach of textbooks, journals, and other learning resources were reaching students and other users in South Africa. While a large array of research findings were addressed, participants were specifically focused on finding the way forward to ensure that a balanced, contextualized law for copyright holders and users of learning materials is accurately delivered and thus to make certain the progressive socio-economic development in their country like South Africa.<br /><br />Listening to the presentations by ACA2K’s South Africa and Mozambique team, and the round of comments/questions from the participants, I was amazed by the genuine desire many had to better understand copyright law, and to figure out how to participate in change in their respective disciplines and in a sustainable way. There was a real interest in how to improve access of learning materials particularly for the sensory disabled (such as supporting the upcoming <a href="http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=122732">Treaty for the Visually Impaired</a> to be presented at WIPO’s standing committee next week), which in its current copyright state, has no legislation facilitating the access to materials for the blind or disabled. Yet enshrined in the Constitution, the law states that the visually impaired cannot be discriminated and there must be ways found to deliver them their rights to education. Secondly, the team discussed how updated copyright policy should start to match much of the innovation in distance education and the content which they provide to students. While distance learning (with use of electronic materials) is flourishing in many parts of Africa, many institutions can be unaware whether such online portals falls under “fair use” for students or if they are liable to pay royalty fees for sharing materials to their students. The law is vague and in South Africa, the Copyright Act has not changed since 1978 and cannot possibly cover such new innovation under this outdated Act (but I understand is currently under discussion for change). For me, I saw strong advocacy could also go towards indigenous knowledge and how learners need to be given provision to access such materials which affect learning about their cultural heritage. It was also incredible to learn how the eight African study countries had all established copyright law and they had chosen to adopt policies which exceeds that of the minimum requirement by international standards. <br /><br />The ACA2K has been an effective voice in international fora like<a href="http://www.wipo.int/"> WIPO</a>, and they push for the advocacy support needed to ensure that Africa is part of those discussions at the higher levels of international law standards. ACA2K has really served to bridge African issues right down to the under-resourced user of learning materials to governmental change in copyright law. This group is able to establish enough strong rigourous research to attract the ear of international groups and build for further research in intellectual property in Africa. Such an approach does not come easy, as the team endured team member changes to physical distance to language barriers, the group has made major strives in the last two years. Despite inadequate or poorly maintained infrastructure, the team bypasses these barriers and has produced high quality peer-reviewed works. By partnering with local African researchers, such as those from the University of Cape Town or Universidad Eduardo Mondlane (Mozambique), we have found that those researchers will have profound effects on their own government law and being the natural advocates for change and improvement in their nation and their fellow citizens.<br /><br />As a next step, ACA2K hopes to continue their advocacy work and find ways to reach change in the areas identified in their research. I think that I saw several exciting potential partnerships emerge between ACA2K and lobby groups for the blind, distance education and possibly indigenous knowledge initiatives. I look forward to seeing the group thrive to maintain their African network of like-minded lawyers and Intellectual Property experts and continue to assist other African nations map out their copyright law history and ensure that they deliver impactful research as has been conducted by the ACA2K team.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">UPDATE (December 17, 2009)</span>:<br /><br />1) Recent statement by IQsensato (and ACA2K) at the <a href="http://www.aca2k.org/attachments/257_IQsensato%20-%20ACA2K%20Statement%20at%20the%2019th%20SCCR%20-%20Dec%202009.pdf">19th Session of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO - SCCR 19, 14-18 December 2009) found here</a>. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.aca2k.org/attachments/180_ACA2K%20Briefing%20Paper%203%20-%20Dec%202009.pdf">2) ACA2K December 2009 Policy Brief: </a>Research Findings from Africa Relevant to WIPO SCCR 19 which addresses the eight countries research findings on copyright limitations and exceptions in a)Distance learning; b) Visually-impaired persons; and c) Libraries and archives.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-55974584635677807622009-12-02T08:31:00.000-08:002009-12-17T04:23:53.427-08:00Reflection on IDRC's Acacia Research and Learning Forum (ARLF)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43130734@N03/">(photos courtesy of Acacia Learning Forum '09 on flickr) </a><br /><br />In the beginning of October (yes, I know... almost two months later!), I had a chance to participate in an extraordinary event in Dakar called the Acacia Research and Learning Forum. After nearly a year + of planning, this meeting brought together just over 150 researchers, bloggers, and other brilliant African minds. The meeting was to take stock of the incredible African research in information and communication technologies that has been produced in at least the last decade and have a look forward to the future of ICT4D research in Africa. <br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ARLF: an Innovative System: My thoughts </span><br /><br />In my perspective, the Acacia research and learning forum (ARLF) had some similarities to an innovation system. In both an innovation system and the ARLF, the relevant players from different spheres (such as academic, government, entrepreneurs, civil society, etc.) of Africa’s development come together and became aware of the extent of research through which ICT4D exists in Africa. The forum raised new refreshing ideas on how different disciplinary work could complement each other. In being aware of the diverse research being conducted in Africa towards development, the participants became aligned towards the shared interest of how their African ICT4D research has helped to better understand the economic and social implications of ICTs. This alignment has helped to reinforce the joint commitment towards Africa’s development. The Forum gathered participants who are partners with IDRC and this built trust allowed researchers to express their project or research network successes as well as their fears in an open and honest space. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVdlR0vW-fHl9T_uHLLR8j8O7U9Ub5t6Hw69eM64PVuwbM8lxz5mGkL7Uiz_KyOeSNdXLV21gF3m1NIiWUGMDWvAGuo8kjM_MHv6yTtIMvNy93xQNcxDd_dRjCUXOHp-9qv06/s1600-h/3989212735_732b5ec45b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmVdlR0vW-fHl9T_uHLLR8j8O7U9Ub5t6Hw69eM64PVuwbM8lxz5mGkL7Uiz_KyOeSNdXLV21gF3m1NIiWUGMDWvAGuo8kjM_MHv6yTtIMvNy93xQNcxDd_dRjCUXOHp-9qv06/s320/3989212735_732b5ec45b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410689756088002962" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Forum Methodology: </span>The forum processes were innovative and participatory particularly to encourage new thought and learning. Many participants were excited in the ever changing format of the forum, moving from styles like an Open Space format to Speed Geeking. The process however, had the risk of overwhelming participants of the vast extent of ICT4D research and may have participants feel less direction in a more vast view of development. In other words the attempt to become holistic and organic in thinking particularly in such an interdisciplinary field as ICT4D can leave one uncertain on how to ensure inclusiveness of all development aspects of their project without losing their core objective or under limited funding. <br /><br />On the other hand, this new method of learning can also be transformative and help to foster refreshing, and novel ideas (such as aspects of privacy, surveillance, and security in a networked society) to the betterment of the African research networks and projects. The participants also became so absorbed in the new un-conference process that some wished to adopt similar methodologies of learning to their institution. <br /><br />At the end of the day, the forum shared how our partners have attempted to tackle their research projects with different levels of contact with policymakers, communication for influence, capacity building, gender research and methodological development. The Acacia Team is at a point in their timeline to ask when does one know when there is the right mix of development outcomes for a project or research network given certain levels of capabilities as well as budget constraints? <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Successes of the forum: </span> The fear of a solely Anglophone or Francophone dominated event dissipated from the participants as the organizing committee made concerted efforts and pro-active plans for bilingual opportunities in all sessions. Besides the use of translators through out the event, the online coverage pre-event (http://acaciaforum.net) as well as during the Forum were attempted to be covered in both English and French. In response to this success, language became a topical issue even in regards to African localization and the importance of the participation of all society members by overcoming language barriers. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43130734@N03/3990530032/">(Kiss Abrahams from GRACE tells us about research in Zambia)</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kWH1jB-2ib9019Zi98fPpt1fl-nSRe6hai87dIMUH_QuEQoWiJC4-rBNxCUbBHC4FszrbEOAAOwylxcy8BP0J4ch-nwGqUKMkGSeQp8f62kk7qYDDLBUHv7v8XwuF4ZuAujA/s1600-h/3990530032_aae2096be5.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-kWH1jB-2ib9019Zi98fPpt1fl-nSRe6hai87dIMUH_QuEQoWiJC4-rBNxCUbBHC4FszrbEOAAOwylxcy8BP0J4ch-nwGqUKMkGSeQp8f62kk7qYDDLBUHv7v8XwuF4ZuAujA/s320/3990530032_aae2096be5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410688220022135746" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">Gender Research: </span> The presence of at least five <a href="http://www.grace-network.net/">GRACE network members</a> as well as the strong messaging of gender justice through <a href="http://www.grace-network.net/contact_us.php">GRACE’s network leader</a> clearly generated strong interest in gender research among participants at the forum. It was certainly uplifting to find that when participants were asked to join a themed group of their interest, the gender group comprised of leaders from a <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ev-139447-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">Radio / ICT project</a>, <a href="http://www.aca2k.org/">ACA2K,</a> and <a href="http://www.ernwaca.org/panaf/spip.php?rubrique2">PanAf</a>, to name a few. Ramata found from her quick question of where teams fell under, “whether gender research was important in ICT4D” versus “how gender research can be conducted in ICT4D projects,” all participants chose the latter. The Forum, I believed improved the thinking of gender research among the participants however I wonder if whether we may have missed a chance to further help participants delve into the gender research questions that they for their projects and research networks. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43130734@N03/3990636808/">(Martin, blogger on left)</a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Collaborative Tools: </span> The combination of<a href="http://www.africancommons.org/"> the African Commons Project</a>, <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fWpQIJq_j_bjhfVLELEBYTB8heuI7Hfr0BEGbJ0XHi-_6LrBycrlqE2YgyufI4jhdEEG8J1-C4M_Gzld2MNH4z-Ss4QpQGZJMxAJQWKKiNtZT729fWuT1LYvaPfWvkLBdaUc/s1600-h/3990636808_497faf7d42.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5fWpQIJq_j_bjhfVLELEBYTB8heuI7Hfr0BEGbJ0XHi-_6LrBycrlqE2YgyufI4jhdEEG8J1-C4M_Gzld2MNH4z-Ss4QpQGZJMxAJQWKKiNtZT729fWuT1LYvaPfWvkLBdaUc/s320/3990636808_497faf7d42.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410687653480755730" /></a>the selected Francophone bloggers and the web 2.0 savvy participants themselves help to populate the successful online bilingual documentation of the Learning Forum. The flexible open-source webpage platform developed and assisted by Doug Dyson and them the forum coverage through means of <a href="http://acaciaforum.net/pg/blog/African_Commons_Team">liveblogging</a>, audio podcasts, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43130734@N03/">flickr photos</a>,<a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=%23acacia09 "> twitter feeds</a>, and youtube videos and other collaborative tools have helped to build capacity not only among the bloggers but the participants themselves. Such tools also assisted in ensuring partners who were not able to attend as well as others interested in the ICT4D Africa sphere could follow the forum proceedings real-time and shall remain open for use to all post Forum. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Ethics and Best Practices in ICT4D research</span><br />Lastly, a major highlight of the Forum for me was to engage in a <a href="http://acaciaforum.net/pg/pages/view/3037/">ICT4D methodology workshop</a> on the last day. At first, I thought it was merely going to be a review of quantitative and qualitative methods and research paradigms. Well the debate moved into further on the ethics of research and best practices of research. Major questions included how the networked society and globalization could possibly help in missing rich indigenous knowledge if not captured. How do African researchers ensure that the research initiatives that they take on board reflect on their own values and beliefs, thus ensuring production of local research. <br /><br />"Today do we have enough intellectual confidence to challenges availed to us in a globalized, networked society?"<br /><br />My favourite part was when one Francophone researcher brings up a quote by Khalil Gibran: “And I have found both freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us.” <br /><br />A researcher can risk being isolated or misunderstood if he/she attempts to research in his/her own paradigm. In the African context, the current global framework is not interested in an African ‘paradigm’. The question is: can African researchers identify where they stand in research from an African perspective? <br /><br />Further debate asks how does one frame a question and identify the right question and words. Moreover, "When questions are provoked, a researcher is responsible to take action. This is our ability to take part in research as well as part of our academic responsibilities. "<br /><br />Overall, Dakar was an incredible learning and musical experience for me. I can only look forward to the future in Africa.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-50837896007333518292009-11-07T05:57:00.000-08:002009-11-07T06:04:55.813-08:00Women, Africa and Business"The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling." – PepsiCo. CEO Indra Nooyi<br /><br />Going through my usual business of emails, tweets and news browsing, I noticed several leads on African Women and Business: <br /><br />- Wharton Africa Business Forum hosts a panel on <a href="http://www.whartonafricaforum.com/Speakers_Panel5.aspx">Women in Business</a><br /><br />- Munyua writes a chapter in Book, African Women and ICTs, titled, <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ev-137010-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">"Women entrepreneurs in Nairobi: examining and contextualizing women’s choices"</a><br /><br />Just a quick weekend note. I am always looking for more great stories and examples of women and business particularly in social entrepreneurship initiatives.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-15895458654848034942009-11-06T05:08:00.000-08:002009-12-17T04:24:43.426-08:00Re-cap: IDIA 2009 conference<span style="font-weight:bold;">Purpose:<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLa7FVZxFFfQHZCgOZW206jh3je8GvmGBCxBUjn6CuVf-IFGXo00Z6g4CZcIHy1od_YtyIxS9EFgvTcEyz8mNb9KVtFya9cZLz_4gwwxANI6WWpwPvwTryIDi66rxf44aFCZb/s1600-h/P1070176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLa7FVZxFFfQHZCgOZW206jh3je8GvmGBCxBUjn6CuVf-IFGXo00Z6g4CZcIHy1od_YtyIxS9EFgvTcEyz8mNb9KVtFya9cZLz_4gwwxANI6WWpwPvwTryIDi66rxf44aFCZb/s320/P1070176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400983341784861090" /></a><br /><br />I think conferences are in much need for visual stimulation like the beautiful animals (hyena above) of Kruger in order to develop creative and innovative ideas of research. This was the setting of the International Development informatics Association 3rd conference in South Africa. <br /><br />The purpose of participating in this conference was to present my conference paper based on the research that I had conducted under my 2008/09 IDRC Professional Development Award to an international academic audience. My paper is co-authored with Kenyan, Jason Musyoka, and titled, <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kdiga/rethinking-acute-emergencies-response-through-communication-technology-in-african-rural-communities">“Re-thinking Acute Emergencies Response through Communication Technology in African Rural Communities.”</a> The paper <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/22202017">can be found here.</a> <br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />The IDIA conference was a conventional meeting of practitioners and researchers working in the field of community and development informatics. A majority of delegates seemed to be affiliated with <a href="www.monash.ac.za/">Monash University</a> who were the local organizing committee as well as South Africa’s <a href="www.csir.co.za/">Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Meraka Institute</a> who is a current IDRC partner. According to the roster, there were 35 presenting delegates based at South African based institutions, and the others were from institutions in Australia (8 mainly Monash University), USA (4), Nigeria (2), Sao Tome (1), Brazil (1), India (1), Pakistan (1), Kenya (1), UK (2), Mozambique (1), Botswana (1), and UAE (1). <br /> <br />The conference venue was inside the <a href="www.krugerpark.co.za/">Kruger National Park</a> at the Berg-en-Dal camp. Since delegates were based in the camp (you cannot leave the camp after 6pm), there was no escaping the sounds of the creatures that creep in the night; it made for a wonderful experience of roars and tweets just outside one’s cottage. The conference room itself was in a dark, face-brick façade room which was not conducive to the best lighting but presenters seemed to manage regardless. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Highlights of IDIA09:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghslorJ4Oei2pKnyR3idedPI3cs3aAMuoSOHY3X7Q4Q4t4Dup7mSBGLfMB_gQbBF_NfxLE5tZJfJF09WEut8PBb3g2iJynfMtb_L3uEGrEG-7jQ7h_fK7LFjhIIZEChE3r_sb/s1600-h/P1070098.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjghslorJ4Oei2pKnyR3idedPI3cs3aAMuoSOHY3X7Q4Q4t4Dup7mSBGLfMB_gQbBF_NfxLE5tZJfJF09WEut8PBb3g2iJynfMtb_L3uEGrEG-7jQ7h_fK7LFjhIIZEChE3r_sb/s320/P1070098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400978183596130258" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">My presentation: </span>This was my first time presenting the research that I conducted in Winneba, Ghana, on the perceptions of acute emergency response in a peri-rural community where mobile phones and emergency hotlines have been introduced in the area. From the overwhelming questions and comments that I received, it seemed like the 20 odd persons at my presentation found the topic stimulating and a need for further research in the area. My presentation can be found by clicking here: http://bit.ly/oe8a2 <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">IDRC Partners: </span> While the conference was mainly composed of African-based projects, I had the pleasure of meeting two researchers who presented their IDRC-funded projects within ICT4D - PanAsia. They were the only two projects coming from the Asia region and definitely added diversity to the conference (only paper on rigourous sampling methods and only paper specifically on gender and ICTs). First, there was P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan (Vignesh), from India, (<a href="http://www.idrc.ca/panasia/ev-126798-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">IDRC Project: "ICTs and Urban Micro-enterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development </a>") who presented a paper that exhibited their comprehensive multi-stage probability sampling method that was recently piloted in Mumbai, India. Their intensive work using maps provided by government (some of which were hand-drawn) and random selection of the locales emphasizes the need for future research in the area of ICT and development to take a more rigorous approach to research design. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ7jYa-_VWBSiHPDG9kXSr2_lh1nnsJ0YcwgDgA18AmH2Y7_sFJtWG3QzYzPBHdBlcl9ixX9a79NxCf_Qf0N_-VVDODVM7Bca3xDDVYKQmaQxtVYQexiVsUSTELIRFh1SbIrm/s1600-h/P1070123.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieJ7jYa-_VWBSiHPDG9kXSr2_lh1nnsJ0YcwgDgA18AmH2Y7_sFJtWG3QzYzPBHdBlcl9ixX9a79NxCf_Qf0N_-VVDODVM7Bca3xDDVYKQmaQxtVYQexiVsUSTELIRFh1SbIrm/s320/P1070123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400978945864651218" /></a>The second IDRC-funded project was presented by Nazima Shaheen (photo on left) from Pakistan and topic was on "<a href="http://www.idrc.ca/panasia/ev-117803-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">The Gender Digital Divide in Rural Pakistan - To Measure and to Bridge It </a>". This is the first time for Nazima to present her preliminary results of new statistics on Pakistan’s ICT usage with aggregated gender data. Nazima has also submitted a paper (<a href="http://openict4d.wikidot.com/the-prospects-and-challenges-for-women-empowerment-through-o">The Prospects and Challenges for Women Empowerment through Open ICT4D in Pakistan</a>) to IDRC’s ICT4D upcoming conference in March 2010.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Rhetoric and Rigour Debate: </span> Another well-received paper was presented by Ron Weber (Dean of Monash University- Australia) titled, “Research on ICT for Development: Some reflections on rhetoric, rigor, reality, and relevance.” He states that the ultimate goal of research should be to build theory and ICT4D research should be building upon this theory with rigourous research. From his sample of reviewed ICT4D journal articles, his findings interpret that this interdisciplinary field leans more on rhetoric and lacks of such research rigour. His paper is certainly a bone of contention for ICT4D researchers to ensure that they spend the time to develop well-thought out research methods, paradigms, their values and theoretical frameworks before jumping into the field. <br /><br />From Kagiso Chikane’s (Meraka Institute manager, CSIR) presentation, she finds the continuous challenge for their ICT4D projects is trying to quantify the impact of their work on development. Also how does one find the technical and financial support from the communities to continue running these intervention projects that have shown positive change in a community? There were several papers presenting the work by the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR), Meraka Institute particularly discussing their technology intervention work on the Living Labs, and the Digital Doorways.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Zimbabwe and ICT Policy: </span> On the African research, there was an excellent presentation by Tendai Chari on the political economy of telecom policy in Zimbabwe titled, “Information and Communication Policy Formulation and the Information Divide in Zimbabwe.” His findings show how ICT policy in Zimbabwe is actually only modified when there is a result from a judicial court cases against unfair government telecom policy. While the court cases usually forced government to change their law, this practice results in a process that has no democratic consultation or participation mechanisms for the citizen. It would be interesting to link his research to the political economy and broadband infrastructure work being done by the <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-117576-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">CICEWA project</a>. <br /><br />I thought that Mutshewa’s fascinating paper, “A survey of the commercial activities created by the mobile telephony for the informal business sector in Botswana” could possibly be linked with <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/ev-126957-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">Dr. Sylvestre Ouédraogo research on the Informal Sector and ICTs in West Africa.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wK8V6iiEIp68XjWaYfAnZjxm5vVsoYcxnAnTFL5XphrbMhXm-QQdTV1dTOcp1DG_bLxie1X4dQP6gD8iRe5b8uKMgUUgeJNREwk2rPfFNpaRY14xdsbIrUajarDkim47sJt5/s1600-h/P1070080.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1wK8V6iiEIp68XjWaYfAnZjxm5vVsoYcxnAnTFL5XphrbMhXm-QQdTV1dTOcp1DG_bLxie1X4dQP6gD8iRe5b8uKMgUUgeJNREwk2rPfFNpaRY14xdsbIrUajarDkim47sJt5/s320/P1070080.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400986953815976482" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Young African ICTD Researchers:</span> I had the chance to meet Kenyan PhD candidate (University of Cape Town), <a href="http://jonathandonner.com/GitauDonnerMarsden_IDIA2009.pdf">Shikoh Gitau, who presented her preliminary field research</a> on the results of training women to first time mobile internet users in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha informal settlement area. She is one of the several bright young African scholars who were presenting ICT4D research at the conference. As there is a <a href="http://www.ict4dgrants.org">growing number of young African researchers</a> who are individually investigating the changes in African society as a result of communication technologies such as mobiles and internet, it may be a good idea to start linking them together and see whether research collaboration and learning can effectively take place. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Radio and Convergence: </span> Two delegates were interested on how their findings illustrated how radio messages have influenced a citizen’s interest in new social media such as Facebook. In Shikoh’s presentation, she mentions that her training intervention was initially set to teach women the use of email and job searching with mobile phone internet. However, during her training, the participants wanted to learn about Facebook because of the local radio station’s promotion of information on the Facebook platform. I have sent both delegates information about Acacia’s project named <a href="http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-139447-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html">‘Radio, Convergence, and Development in Africa’</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ICTD Research and Policy Influence: </span> Policy and research debate flared up during the conference. Walter Brown (Monash University) presented on <a href="www.sacomforum.org.za/">South African Communications Forum (SACF)</a> new platform for South Africa’s ICT policy reform: Vision 2020. This SACF group recently presented a draft report on their planned process to influence government policy formulation which hopes to create a more conducive environment for developing and implementing ICT in South Africa. He asks how academics can be involved in such a process for change. One CSIR delegate believes that there is a need for institutions and researchers to be familiar with policy and their issues because their research needs to remain relevant in order to provide evidence that substantiates changes in rules and regulations. Another delegate emphasized the need to work with NGOs that fit with your cause as a NGO’s lobbying efforts will be effective in influencing policy makers. <br /><br />Overall, good conference for learning about development informatics projects and research particularly in the sub-Saharan Africa region. After experiencing a space like this, I definitely think more informal meeting opportunities for African researchers are necessary to discuss and collaborate on similar projects. I can't wait for those opportunities!digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-49462545163751074982009-11-05T06:04:00.000-08:002009-11-05T06:11:29.356-08:00Conference Paper: Mobiles and Perceptions of Mobile / Emergency Response in Peri-rural GhanaThis presentation was prepared for the 3rd International Development Informatics Association (IDIA) Conference. 28-30th October 2009 Johannesburg; South Africa. The draft paper and report on the conference will be posted on this space very soon. <br /><br />Special thanks to Wireless Africa research partner, <a href="http://www.onevillagefoundation.org">One Village Foundation</a>, and Mr. Kafui Prebble, for the organization's logistical support back in November 2008 for this field research. <br /><br />Conference Paper Abstract: <br /><br />Local rural communities frequently receive little assistance in resolving acute emergencies. In rural areas, emergencies are thus resolved using alternative local mechanisms and adapted practices mediated through available technologies. However, local mechanisms may lead to various barriers such as potentially asymmetrical emergency information to a certain population and can remain on a “who-you-know” basis. Individuals who are new to an area or those disadvantaged with poor social networks are limited to time-consuming and costly options for assistance during emergencies.<br /><br /><div style="width:425px;text-align:left" id="__ss_2428528"><a style="font:14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;display:block;margin:12px 0 3px 0;text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/kdiga/rethinking-acute-emergencies-response-through-communication-technology-in-african-rural-communities" title="RE-THINKING ACUTE EMERGENCIES RESPONSE THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICAN RURAL COMMUNITIES">RE-THINKING ACUTE EMERGENCIES RESPONSE THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICAN RURAL COMMUNITIES</a><object style="margin:0px" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=idia-diga-10-09-final-091105063845-phpapp02&stripped_title=rethinking-acute-emergencies-response-through-communication-technology-in-african-rural-communities" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=idia-diga-10-09-final-091105063845-phpapp02&stripped_title=rethinking-acute-emergencies-response-through-communication-technology-in-african-rural-communities" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="font-size:11px;font-family:tahoma,arial;height:26px;padding-top:2px;">View more <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a style="text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.slideshare.net/kdiga">kdiga</a>.</div></div>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-63389001096193871022009-06-04T21:29:00.000-07:002009-06-04T22:05:34.230-07:00Reactions and Portfolios<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bevoda.ca/Oda-Flaherty_1.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 230px;" src="http://www.bevoda.ca/Oda-Flaherty_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" /><br />(photo from http://www.bevoda.ca/photos.htm)<br /><br /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/index-e.htm">Canadian International Development Agency</a> <a href="http://embassymag.ca/page/printpage/cida_comments-6-3-2009">react to Minister Bev Oda's statements to the Ottawa's newspaper, the Embassy (article here).</a> These comments include the lack of health experts in their programs as well as their focus on spending money and not on measurable results. Wow. <br /><br />In the same edition, the Embassy reports on seven African diplomats in Ottawa speak out to the Senate Foreign Affairs committee on the drop of <a href="http://embassymag.ca/page/printpage/editorial-6-3-2009">African countries from the priorities of the upcoming aid spending (article here).</a> <br /><br />Other new publications: <br /><br /><a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8884.html">Portfolios of the Poor:<br />How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day</a><br />Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford & Orlanda Ruthven<br /><br />How the poor are able to find solutions on $2 a day. I love this type of research as it is very very difficult to build systematic research that records what low income individuals spend everyday. At one point in my research, I tried to record six households and ask them to record their last ten phone calls and SMS. First of all, the tool must be super easy to understand and second, you need to have a contingency plan when an individual is illiterate. The first chapter of the book is free of the website, but can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this book. <br /><br />Here is the link to <a href="http://www.portfoliosofthepoor.com/index.asp">the website: Portfolios of the Poor</a> and <a href="http://financialaccess.org/">Financial Access Initiative.</a>digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-55652751775711435132009-05-29T09:05:00.000-07:002009-12-17T04:25:47.703-08:00IDRC - MENA Workshop & ICTD Conference<span style="font-style:italic;">– Doha Qatar April 16-21, 2009</span><br /><br />I had drafted up this trip report a while ago but have been so busy with another conference paper, that I pushed it aside. I also found that several comments had already chatted a bit about the ICTD conference, however, I didn't see much written on the Young Researchers Workshop nor a pre-conference event hosted by IDRC for Middle East and North African researchers. So here it goes!<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br />The IDRC team arrived in full force to learn about the Middle East and experience the extraordinary enthusiasm of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) researchers while at the same time update themselves on the latest upcoming research that the world has to offer in ICTD. <br /><br />Day One was a pre-conference workshop titled,<span style="font-weight:bold;"> "MENA Research Capacity Building Workshop." </span> The objective of the workshop was to strengthen ICT4D research capacities in North Africa and the Middle East. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPnDbdWxbqF0pgnsLVEgtbEH3jXrYSLtPU4rE049sWnG50A6Tps35YXZbbCvWZxXup3WxXATHInjcFw93vmMDkVW4fAwHdHLZ4JsOF8vK-VrFQAF-0Ha39O_IBUV9mwDE_r7Z/s1600-h/P1013093.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaPnDbdWxbqF0pgnsLVEgtbEH3jXrYSLtPU4rE049sWnG50A6Tps35YXZbbCvWZxXup3WxXATHInjcFw93vmMDkVW4fAwHdHLZ4JsOF8vK-VrFQAF-0Ha39O_IBUV9mwDE_r7Z/s400/P1013093.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341278988861238978" /></a><br /><br />The Doha Seef Hotel venue was a large room that was divided off to make the room not feel massive, but unfortunately the room size did not make for ideal acoustics especially when attempting to work with a large multi-lingual group. <br /><br />Delegates were invited from all parts of the region including Morocco, Algeria, and Oman. After introductions and review of the expectations, the delegation broke out in to a World Café style of facilitation. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzelcbvVjV1thgCi5ENxRxFts1KbpY3xBmmoxixma-ji1tXZ4kGz3-TobbDlitTEeJAku15PBQDAlJTTfNbqWNTTxtPasmg_BWe0RRvIs-81fim3vnbAPr_2u02iKJLdVjvqW/s1600-h/P1013101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzelcbvVjV1thgCi5ENxRxFts1KbpY3xBmmoxixma-ji1tXZ4kGz3-TobbDlitTEeJAku15PBQDAlJTTfNbqWNTTxtPasmg_BWe0RRvIs-81fim3vnbAPr_2u02iKJLdVjvqW/s320/P1013101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341284595440278626" /></a><br />In small groups that rotated during the session, the crucial questions of “What is ICT4D, how do you interpret the ‘D’ and what makes a successful ICT4D project” were asked. In the discussions, the delegates who had not really explored this area became engaged and did creative critical thinking about how their areas of study could attempt to transform the area of ICT4D. One response to the meaning of ICT4D: “when it contributes to a more humane and sustainable world for more people.” Within the discussions, I found the delegates emphasize the meaning ICT4D as transformative change in the lives of ordinary people. <br /><br />The researchers from <a href="http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/sirca/">"Strengthening ICT Research Capacity in Asia (SIRCA)"</a> presented their ongoing work including some of the projects that they are going to be funding within their grant competition. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuPPBhw-PYue-exZxzZyU11aiVyojHKq-Lqxm6ECKGYLWlkbhAvLBvoE0SK8iWlWCWbTxo7zKVB0ik34BkzYS4BN8jDF91PZJhkjgYY7Wy_uTLoo7BVq8gs_u0lY7lOiHgs5v/s1600-h/P1013087.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbuPPBhw-PYue-exZxzZyU11aiVyojHKq-Lqxm6ECKGYLWlkbhAvLBvoE0SK8iWlWCWbTxo7zKVB0ik34BkzYS4BN8jDF91PZJhkjgYY7Wy_uTLoo7BVq8gs_u0lY7lOiHgs5v/s320/P1013087.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341280572573045026" /></a> <br />(Photo: Dalia sells her proposal at the ‘Souk’)<br /><br />In the afternoon, the MENA participants engaged in the “Proposal Souk” where they posted up their proposal and the rest of the audience would come by and listen to their proposal’s “sales pitch”. This great engaging activity got people on their feet after a long day of workshop. The end of Day 1 was left with high energy and prepared the delegates with open ears and eyes for the conference. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYEOflX7sKOwhgnF8ep1x8q0PVp6IYsqe6Z41by9_dpNWsjkY82HSyA5mpF5vhmmh8eRrSyUtZZAxMQv9diGtAf6mNcKjmEOApFQdRquIMSd2OqQvsTtViNInHsQppRoFFFrF/s1600-h/P1013108.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKYEOflX7sKOwhgnF8ep1x8q0PVp6IYsqe6Z41by9_dpNWsjkY82HSyA5mpF5vhmmh8eRrSyUtZZAxMQv9diGtAf6mNcKjmEOApFQdRquIMSd2OqQvsTtViNInHsQppRoFFFrF/s320/P1013108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341281089399847922" /></a><br />(Photos: ICTD conference – lunch hour ‘pow-wow’)<br /><br />During the ICTD conference, the facilitators for the workshop planned debriefing sessions at lunch hour to discuss and analyzed the different papers being presented. This lunch time gathering brought the workshop participants together like a team and helped to build that trust and discussion which would follow for the next days after the conference and into the workshop conclusion. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbXqq4asFR1DUfKguIha9xGBm5te3ShEFjx51NYkeR-ZixjBNmBoABdt09TSy5A8o3RVfv_glohyphenhyphenvSjxn099RMdTWiFt01R54AXkSBR4dOWb0GcUj7WLA7rdvTGQxKtEc8-g9/s1600-h/P1013107.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbXqq4asFR1DUfKguIha9xGBm5te3ShEFjx51NYkeR-ZixjBNmBoABdt09TSy5A8o3RVfv_glohyphenhyphenvSjxn099RMdTWiFt01R54AXkSBR4dOWb0GcUj7WLA7rdvTGQxKtEc8-g9/s320/P1013107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341281461539043250" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ICTD2009 Proceedings Online: </span> <br />http://www.qatar.cmu.edu/~yonina/ICTD2009Proceedings.pdf (warning 35mb)<br /><br />The first conference was hosted in UC Berkeley and then it was followed with Bangalore. <br />The event boasted in presenting the best scholarly work on the use of ICTs for development, both in technical and social science areas. There were over 250 submissions to the conference and all papers underwent a double-blind peer-review process. One of the paper reviewers indicated uncertainty of the transparency of the review process. Also, the reviewer was unsure as to who decides the criteria for the review process. Some of the delegates felt that the conference had a bias towards American chosen presentations. There were 19 oral presentations, and 27 others for poster presentation to a more than 300 person audience. Several IDRC partners were presenting such as a demonstration booth hosted by e-Fez (Asmae and Driss). <br /><br />Pam Zahonogo, RIA! Researcher from Burkina Faso, presented the <a href="http://whiteafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/researchictafrica-ictd2009.pdf">RIA! poster and paper, Mobile Telephony Access and Usage in Africa</a>, which has received some conference coverage from <a href="http://whiteafrican.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/researchictafrica-ictd2009.pdf. ">Eric Hersman’s popular website, White African.</a> Beyond the conference, a quick search has found RIA! Recent household survey work being utilized and reference by numerous authors.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Young Researchers Workshop</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQtJeRkXF8Iwr4z6TMlcVpHI4yj2tzQz9cp0WB6fCfD7_zWCkxehwu2VdKF0dtQ827t7uja3n3vLzUnAUcKRlNee79rwZcL8feQt6L4XBpTUHxAiJuREEaE5RnvUCIeOn9NVl/s1600-h/P1013133.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQtJeRkXF8Iwr4z6TMlcVpHI4yj2tzQz9cp0WB6fCfD7_zWCkxehwu2VdKF0dtQ827t7uja3n3vLzUnAUcKRlNee79rwZcL8feQt6L4XBpTUHxAiJuREEaE5RnvUCIeOn9NVl/s320/P1013133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341286546710473922" /></a><br />One of the first workshops was the Young Researchers Workshop. The workshop drew in an exciting atmosphere of young up-and-coming PhD researchers working in all parts of the world. In their call for papers, the committee <a href="http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/12085142/2av9zqwr8otz811o2si8">selected 12 papers (I posted them online here)</a> to be presented at the workshop. Senior researchers were then part of a committee that gave feedback to the presentation. As it was one of the first workshops of the conference and the other workshop was postponed to a later time, the room was packed with audience members of over 70 persons. Each delegate had approximately five minutes to talk about the challenges of young researchers in the field of ICTD. <br /><br />The presenters had backgrounds ranging from computer science, geography, social science and development. It was clear however, that some presenters did not necessarily feel these disciplines quite fit into the research work that they were engaged in. A majority of the discussion included cross-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary definitions of ICTD. Those under the discipline of Computer science were trying to re-align their actual discipline objectives – how to get the discipline to evaluate not just the computer programming aspect but also to evaluate the other external and internal factors of a research project in order for that computer program application within development to succeed! Some of the delegates included those from the University of Washington, who were working on with <a href="http://openmrs.org/wiki/OpenMRS">OpenMRS</a> and <a href="http://www.d-tree.org/">D-Tree international</a>, and Commcare, to the <a href="http://www.ict4d.org.uk/">Royal Holloway University of London</a> who were working on participatory model tools to conduct field research. Among the papers, 10 out of the 12 presentations were about work conducted in Africa. (The other two were in China and Albania.) Another disturbing reflection comes from Tim Unwin’s (one of the Senior Researcher Judges) <a href="http://unwin.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/reflections-on-the-young-researchers-workshop-at-ictd2009-doha/">blog reflection on the workshop:</a> “the much academic discourse plays to the tunes of conductors who are not necessarily particularly interested in the needs of the poorest and most marginalized"<br /><br />I feel that part of the reflection may have come from my paper (as well as others) to how we cannot remain in the status quo of the current engagement of women (and other marginalized groups) in ICT4D work. For a little taste of the Young Researchers Workshop, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbjI5mextNk">watch Paulo Brunello’s work</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MUfJ2Vxe_-AxH6g0SSUZh9VAm1Nw9Ph32Ydz3vmuO_EtUKL2y_v-HIE3EbrPQHnJyaXWVsT2TlN4j5MLKiiEbajtCLjf7VOPgrpxAU7bThjGAbXG1-u8YTQGE6d6nQgJqHIw/s1600-h/P1013102.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MUfJ2Vxe_-AxH6g0SSUZh9VAm1Nw9Ph32Ydz3vmuO_EtUKL2y_v-HIE3EbrPQHnJyaXWVsT2TlN4j5MLKiiEbajtCLjf7VOPgrpxAU7bThjGAbXG1-u8YTQGE6d6nQgJqHIw/s320/P1013102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341285148915901074" /></a>In the afternoon, the remaining individuals (most of the audience disappeared to the other three sessions taking place) split up into groups and discussed some of our stories in ICTD. My favourite activity was ‘speed-dating’ where those who identified with the social science stayed in one line and then the computer scientist were in another line. Then we had 60 seconds to figure out how the social science could work with the computer science in a project together. All of the delegates wished there was more time to do this activity because only then was there creative brainstorming on how one could overcome those difficulties of a multi-disciplinary field. <br /><br />That's all I really wanted to highlight from the conference, but here is <a href="http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/">Prof Heeks' comment on Bill Gates and ICTD</a>, a <a href="http://jonathandonner.com/archives/71">short piece by Jonathan Donner</a> and a <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/2009/04/ictd-2009-travel-report.html">little travel report by Stephane Boyera.</a><br /><br />Of course, I made sure to sneak out to check out the Museum of Islamic Art (very amazing) and the souk waqif - must sees when in Doha (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdiga/page2/">photos in kdiga's Flickr</a>).digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-83347698588479861222009-05-28T22:52:00.000-07:002009-12-17T04:26:30.164-08:00Recap on Business Plans from the Slums<span style="font-style:italic;">“The role of business skill development in catalyzing dynamic economies and alleviating African urban poverty”</span> <br />Green College, University of British Columbia<br /><br />Yesterday, I returned to the old stomping ground of my university and business school, <a href="http://www.sauder.ubc.ca//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home">Sauder School of Business,</a> to engage in a workshop discussing issues of social entrepreneurship and development in Africa. The workshop was a fundraiser for the <a href="http://www.africa.sauder.ubc.ca/">Sauder Africa project Social Entrepreneurship 101</a>. I have been following SE101 since 2007 when I first mentioned to Nancy Langton about the wonderful work of the <a href="http://www.kimathiinformationcentre.com/">Kimathi Information Centre</a> and their full-spirited leader, Jose Ngunjiri. They continue to be partners in helping to train young entrepreneurs through a business planning course to this day. <br /><br />I was quite unsure what to expect from the workshop besides listening to some experiences of work in Africa. My uncertainty then turned to a feeling of inspiration – I sat in this room and started to hear the thoughts of Canadians genuinely committed in the issues of development and business both at home and in Africa and beyond. The discussion was extremely engaging between the audience and speakers in trying to capture what makes a successful entrepreneur in the most dire of circumstances. Here is a little bit about the speaker’s discussions and how I related to their work. <br /><a name='more'></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpng1fd8ZNBLkwpfTyNHf0uJVNc5dqoUndpKO2_58ghZ5a9F91rOcEGAqJYvVuw7yROek8wRwSlKgreW3fTbMhjBUSKfwDixq47_ZKvArXD1HBtdBvgLMnd4t8A695IXePGZXI/s1600-h/P1013241.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpng1fd8ZNBLkwpfTyNHf0uJVNc5dqoUndpKO2_58ghZ5a9F91rOcEGAqJYvVuw7yROek8wRwSlKgreW3fTbMhjBUSKfwDixq47_ZKvArXD1HBtdBvgLMnd4t8A695IXePGZXI/s400/P1013241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341124878299557730" /></a><br />Photo (left to right): Nancy, Dale, Stephen, Marcia, Joanna, Rob<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Marcia Nozick, Executive Director of <a href="http://www.embersvancouver.com/">Eastside Movement for Business and Economic Renewal Society - EMBERS </a></span><br /><br />Marcia, who has been working in community development since 2001, became involved in EMBERS mainly because she lives in the neighborhood. At the time, she was looking for ways to get involved with the marginalized in what is known as one of the poorest area codes in Canada, the <a href="http://www.dtes.ca/cms/">downtown eastside (DTES).</a> EMBERS is basically a business training for those in the DTES who are ready to start their lives fresh as an entrepreneur. She mentions a great deal of support (some for nearly 4-5 years) that is provided for nearly 135 of the new businesses. EMBERS provides a tremendous amount of resources in an attempt to help the businesses succeed such as the financing 3 to 1 program. For example, if the business raises at least $600, the organization matches another $1200 in order for the business to leverage the capital and grow. Of course, these business owners overcome major barriers (some without identification, can’t open bank account, navigating business regulation forms, etc).<br /><br />It is just hard for me to imagine what Africa could be like if such abundant resources were available to entrepreneurs as they are here in Vancouver. While so geographically apart, many challenges are the same in attempting to develop a business from one’s bare hands. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Dale Albertson, Executive Director of <a href="http://www.acceskenya.org/">African – Canadian Continuing Education Society</a></span><br /><br />ACCES is simply providing education programs in Kenya. He approached the workshop less about his organization and more about some of the literature that has helped him understand micro-enterprise, mainly quoting work from Development in Practice journal. He asks what is the motivation for creating microenterprises in disadvantaged areas? The motivation is to provide one’s basic needs and dealing with lack of security. Thus in such mindset, most entrepreneurs have no thought as to what activities they wish to pursue. Instead they copy the businesses that are common around their community. Why? The individuals are extremely risk adverse; they are not interested in starting in a venture they know nothing about. The biggest question in their minds is how to make money in the least amount of time given the limited resources. Thus, the businesses gravitate towards those industries that already exist. He also states that less than two percent are products that are differentiated from those that currently exist. His last main point was that those with a vision tended to end with better futures and those with formal training had the better visions. <br /><br />While I can understand the motivation reason mentioned by Dale, I also wonder whether there is some deeper disruption also taking place that keep people from having a totally new product in their community market. I wonder whether differentiating your product also brings animosity and jealousy to the community which some would rather avoid. I recall my time in Uganda when a farmer mentioned who some of them were attempting to grow a new product, apples as was demonstrated by the extension workers. The problem is that apples are expensive to grow with the cost of all the inputs compared to the other crops, so not all farmers could grow in it the area. Once a few farmers attempted to grow the apples, many would steal the apples or cause harm to the apple growers. Those growing apples had to ban together at night to protect the apples. Now I wonder if someone decided to go against a sign of solidarity (ie growing the same crops, selling the same goods, etc), do they always experience such negative reactions from their communities, thus avoid such confrontation? Such innovators have a tough barrier to overcome if this is true. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rob Kozak – Researcher for <a href="http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/sbml/africad/">Africa Forests Research Initiative on Conservation and Development - AFRICAD</a>, <a href="http://www.forestry.ubc.ca/sbml/sbml_home.html">Professor of Sustainable Business Management, UBC </a></span><br /><br />Rob is a researcher who clearly wants to addresses the linkage between poverty and forestry in Africa through alternative forest tenure business models. He states that 90% of the rural poor are dependent on the forest (either for subsistence, housing, food, medicine, etc). A majority of the forest business utilizes the concession based export model where large tracts of land are sold to multi-national corporations. From such models, little wealth goes back to the communities in the forest and the communities usually have limited rights of land access. He asks the question what could these communities (particularly indigenous communities) do to formalize or legitimize a business in forestry, otherwise move out of the informal sector? He knows that direct finance and subsidies do not work so what is required are interventions with sound business principles. Since most of the small and medium size forest enterprise cannot compete with the MNCs, how can they sell to smaller niches or domestic markets? How do we enable business for these local business persons? <br /><br />In his talk, he mentions attempting to assist the most marginalized in the forests of Congo, the pygmies. I had the chance to visit a group of pygmies at the edge of the Rwanda / Uganda border as well as those near Bwindi forests (best known for the endangered silverback gorillas). The pygmies have been pushed out of their homes in the forest, some for the reasons of conservation of endangered animal species. The communities were given no exit strategies to help them survive out of their usual hunter-gather societies. The people are extremely impoverished, many treated as unpaid workers on agriculture land (only fed a small meal a day), those disabled are left to beg from home to home or steal small potatoes when they can. It is actually one of the saddest situations to see and ask how they are forced to survive. Rob and his group have a huge weigh on their shoulders to attempt to gain some legitimate rights to land back to these indigenous people. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Joanna Buczkowska – Managing Director for <a href="http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Centre_for_Sustainability_and_Social_Innovation">UBC Centre for Sustainability and Social Innovation</a>, <a href="http://www.sawaglobal.com/default.htm">Development Advisor for SAWA Global</a></span><br /><br />Joanna mainly spoke from her work with SAWA in showcasing grassroot leaders in 50 of the poorest countries in the world. They are currently looking for innovative ways for these amazing individuals to show case their work (ie. Video) and how to mentor or connect these heroes to each other and the rest of the world. A major criteria that has helped their program to succeed is to ensure that the heroes are active partners in the dialogue of the program. I love the sprinkles of inspiration from their website and have a few names I would love to drop into that program for sure!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Stephen Nairne – Managing Director for <a href="http://www.lundinforafrica.org/s/OperationsTeam.asp">Lundin for Africa </a></span><br /><br />Stephen’s organization helps to provide social venture capital to organizations in Africa. They currently are working with eleven projects in nine countries. They attempt to scale businesses in West Africa as well as provide funds for technical assistance. He asks how to get businesses into the formal sector and become taxpayers. The process can take in some areas five to ten years. He mentions their support towards the Acumen Fund which generally invests capital in bottom of the pyramid institutions. I also like his keen interest in the growing area of mobile banking.<br /><br />Overall, the event was well worth attending and look forward to hearing more about these organizations in the future.digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-72117905654893274012009-05-21T10:42:00.000-07:002009-05-21T10:45:44.782-07:00Canada dead set on improving their development aid bucks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQvNKByc2c6UTmK4OAsZfOL_lc0a7bpcKiN_x6_QL-HPKbLjmO0-cQ3wKiO9oyqfk4sn0lHwOdF0m2buCK3uevk6-TpLCTGrKu0Ohw91mmCZx1pfHBTpkorFqo3pHOKzn5rBm/s1600-h/2909709868_99997b2d23.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQvNKByc2c6UTmK4OAsZfOL_lc0a7bpcKiN_x6_QL-HPKbLjmO0-cQ3wKiO9oyqfk4sn0lHwOdF0m2buCK3uevk6-TpLCTGrKu0Ohw91mmCZx1pfHBTpkorFqo3pHOKzn5rBm/s200/2909709868_99997b2d23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338334608158900690" /></a><br />I’m back home in Vancouver and it has been a real treat to have time to myself. I get to finish up some reports long overdue, catch up with friends and family and catch up with Canadian news in international development. It looks like I came at the right time as the Minister of International Cooperation, Honourable Beverley J. Oda just announced the new Canadian strategy to international development – greater efficiency and greater focus. <br /><br /><a href=" http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/NAT-5208469-GYW">Her speech </a>was super straight forward and you know exactly what they want to do: 80% of resources towards 20 countries to increase food security, stimulate sustainable economic growth and secure the future of children and youth. Bam. <br /><br />Other sidenotes include sending 15% of their Ottawa-based staff into the field and no more ‘tied aid’ – as in buying food aid in the local countries as opposed to using Canadian food and suppliers which costs up to 30% more! The Ministry is also adding a Democratic Promotion Agency – self-explanatory. <br /><br />My thoughts – do it. The Ministry has only $2.1 billion to play with this year in aid, they are obviously responding to that terrible Senate report that on CIDA, <a href="http://www.parl.gc.ca/39/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/fore-e/rep-e/repafrifeb07-e.pdf">Overcoming 40 Years of Failure</a>, and we hope this criticism will shape them into a more effective agency. <br /><br />While<a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=48a8f537-62e3-4b03-8f21-ee0e115824f3"> some of the criticism</a> has already come through that this new strategy does not direct state its efforts towards poverty alleviation, the idea of increasing food security is absolutely directed at the poor. The workers at farms who are a majority women can help improve their livelihoods with improved inputs and technology for farming and hopefully see better healthy crops in the future. <br /><br />I’m just stoked that Mozambique has remained as one of the priority countries!digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-70093043349407952982009-03-21T00:55:00.000-07:002009-03-21T01:12:20.098-07:00Music in April<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.barynya.com/barynya/images/Joplin/Russian_Folk_Dance_Barynya.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.barynya.com/barynya/images/Joplin/Russian_Folk_Dance_Barynya.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /> A few of my passions have been cropping up lately, much to my delight. 1) Good booty-shaking music. The <a href="http://www.capetownjazzfest.com">Cape Town International Jazz Festival</a> is coming up fast on April 3-4 and they have an insane line-up for the Saturday. A few of my favourites: <a href="www.zakiibrahim.com/">Zaki Ibrahim (Canada</a>), <a href="http://www.napalma.com.br/">Napalma</a> (Brazil), <a href="http://www.myspace.com/340ml">340ml</a> (Mozambique), Maceo Parker, Hugh Masekela and last but not least, MOS DEF! The decision to through down cash for a flight for this one day might be worth it! <br /><br />When I get a chance, I like to flip over to <a href="http://radio3.cbc.ca/">CBC Radio 3</a>, and <a href="http://exclaim.ca">Exclaim magazine</a> websites to see what is going on back in the Canadian music scene. Lo and behold, a group that has grabbed my heart: <a href="http://www.thunderheist.com/">Thunderheist!</a> The Nigerian born, Canadian singing in this crew and the DJ have unleashed my inner soul of good dance, bass crunk, I can’t wait to get home and buy their album to be released March 31! It’s also ashame that they will be touring with Exclaim and they will be at the Biltmore on April 25… but at the same time as the Ski and Board Festival in Whistler… oh, how can I be in two places at the same time??? Oh and up on the hill, there is <a href="http://www.ilovemetric.com/">Metric (new album released April 14)</a> and DJ Z-Trip on the 24 and 25 April. Too much good stuff at one time!digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14175066.post-83918123083792747242009-03-21T00:47:00.000-07:002009-03-21T00:54:53.528-07:00ICTs in Burkina and my Research<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdhI0vw7cepkGRumf-K7GQ6QH66XKji73esrU4cdYoOHxrHNZ9FzFH45ld7tamT_zj7UBVy_bjFD15OQzxh8SkG5gFGghkY91XizjDLvutvQo1fowPLgwcoj5vn0AMq1M13Om/s1600-h/bntic_illustration11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdhI0vw7cepkGRumf-K7GQ6QH66XKji73esrU4cdYoOHxrHNZ9FzFH45ld7tamT_zj7UBVy_bjFD15OQzxh8SkG5gFGghkY91XizjDLvutvQo1fowPLgwcoj5vn0AMq1M13Om/s320/bntic_illustration11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315545225749931314" /></a><br />ICT Art in Burkina Faso<br /><br />Still on the artist theme, shift to <a href="http://burkina-ntic.ning.com/photo/albums/les-tic-en-images">check out the mural work coming from Burkina Faso</a>. I posted this one which has a computer user asking about finding a husband online. Yup. Penpals or mail order brides go online. I find it as a real reflection of how computers are starting to influence a few lives in West Africa. <br /><br /><br /><br />As for ICTs on my front, I’ll be heading to the shindig, <a href="http://www.ictd2009.org">ICTD2009 conference in Doha</a> mid April. There is this Young Researchers Workshop which should be fun, if you are hopefully looking for innovation gong show. I hope there is beer. Here’s my paper on my current work and the struggles of young African scholars in finding opportunities in collaboration. <br /><br /><br /><a title="View ICTD Submission Final(2) on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/13488243/ICTD-Submission-Final2" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">ICTD Submission Final(2)</a> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_656123442504265" name="doc_656123442504265" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%" > <param name="movie" value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=13488243&access_key=key-1allqtcwsoc7k3xjajpq&page=1&version=1&viewMode="> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="play" value="true"> <param name="loop" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showall"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="devicefont" value="false"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="menu" value="true"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="salign" value=""> <embed src="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=13488243&access_key=key-1allqtcwsoc7k3xjajpq&page=1&version=1&viewMode=" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_656123442504265_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"></embed> </object> <div style="margin: 6px auto 3px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/upload" style="text-decoration: underline;">Publish at Scribd</a> or <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse" style="text-decoration: underline;">explore</a> others: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse/Business-Legal/Press-Releases" style="text-decoration: underline;">Press Releases</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse/Periodicals-Reports/Other" style="text-decoration: underline;">Other</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/research" style="text-decoration: underline;">research</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/africa" style="text-decoration: underline;">africa</a> </div><br /><br />I also just submitted this short article about access to knowledge and gender to the <a href="http://www.genderit.org">genderIT.org </a>website, will post if it ends up making the cut! <br /><br />Besides the conference, I’m busy trying to sum up my research work on emergencies and ICTs in Ghana and Uganda. I’ve got my TAMs Analyzer qualitative tool working by my side. It just gets so tiring trying to get through the scripts and make sense out of it all. And especially when there is so much excitement coming up in April!digtabuloushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13123187321929572166noreply@blogger.com0