Sweden has better internet connectivity than East Africa.
I can’t talk much on my blog about what I’ve been doing in Uganda, besides the usual elevator pitch about my research (mobile-phone and web-based claims administration for treatment of STDs in Western Uganda). Mostly, I’ve been taking care of errands like paying my Uganda National Council of [...]
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EpiHandy and Wireless4D Talks
Event: Investing in Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries 11/14 6pm
Investing in Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries — A Talk Sponsored by The Blum Center
Wednesday, November 14th
6:00pm
Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Room 290, UC Berkeley Campus
Please join The Blum Center for Developing Economies for a talk on:
“Creating an online investment platform for entrepreneurs in developing countries”
Thierry Sanders and Koen Wasmus, Directors of the Business in Development BiD [...]
Craig Newmark Speaks: we listen
Craig Newmark of Craiglist recently gave a talk as part of my Social Entrepreneurship class. I’ve attached my notes from the talk here (Notes: Craig Newmark on Craigslist), and you can listen to the audio on the ischool podcast.
Craig, as a self-proclaimed-and-proud-of-it geek is a fun speaker with lots of interesting perspectives. As [...]
Talk: The New Wave of Social ICT Impact
Eventually I’ll post these talk announcements before the fact! The announcement for the panel discussion is below. Click on the “more” link for my notes on the discussion and speaker bios…
HARNESSING COMMUNITIES & MARKETS – NEW WAVE SOCIAL ICT IMPACT.
Please join us for a panel discussion on
‘Harnessing Communities & Markets- The New Wave of [...]
Event: Blum Student Symposium – Smartphones and Healthcare Information Management in Uganda
Hi all,
I gave a presentation at the Blum Student Symposium last Thursday.
For anyone that’s interested, the slides (65MB) are downloadable here:
http://tier.cs.berkeley.edu/~melissa/blum-symposium-oct-04-07.ppt
The talk was about current health information practices in rural health clinics in Uganda, how PDAs have been integrated into a particular district, and our projections for what we’re working on now.
The future symposiums look [...]
Event: A Philanthropist Speaks: "Lessons from Life"
A Philanthropist Speaks: “Lessons from Life”
Sudha Murthy, Chairperson: Infosys Foundation
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Monday, October 15
http://www.citris-uc.org/sudha-murthy-2007
Live online broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast
Part of the Center for South Asia Studies Public Lecture Series, Fall 2007, co-sponsored by CITRIS
Sudha Murty is an Indian social worker and an accomplished author. She is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation and is known [...]
African Healthcare Summit – GPS Foundation, DC
I recently (April 29, 2007) gave a talk to the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation (a group of Ghanaian doctors practicing in the US) at their annual African Healthcare Summit.
My slides are downloadable here (ppt, 10.5 MB). I gave an introduction to TIER, talking about our work using long distance WiFi (WiLDnet) for the Aravind [...]
