As many of you know, Goma, DRC is the site of much mineral wealth – as well as much conflict, both over this wealth, and ethnic conflicts, including remnants of the Hutu/Tutsi hatred that resulted in the Rwandan genocide.
Just as diamonds are mined to finance these conflicts – coltan (used in the Sony PS2 and [...]
Posts from ‘October, 2008’
Talk to your Senator about Conflict Coltan
Grace Hopper: Having an Global Impact as a Technical Woman
I’m here at in Keystone, Colorado to present on a panel with Elizabeth Basha, Revi Sterling, and Ruth Anderson about how to get involved with information technology and international development. Given the oh-so-appropo theme, I’m wondering if there’s anyone else that I know that’s here?
I’ve just been going over the sessions, and it’s totally action [...]
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Melissa R. Ho
PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley School of Information
Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions Research Group
Information, Communications Technology, and Development
Mobile Computing for Healthcare Information Management in Africa
Telecommunications Policy and Practice in Africa
I do information technology for healthcare in Africa. Actually, I’ve also recently dabbled in solar powered lighting for [...]
