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	<description>musings and meanderings of a multi-disciplinary researcher learning about information technology use in developing regions</description>
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		<title>Orange You Glad You Have 3G?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[3G is a game changer.
As I mentioned in my last post, new technologies are being introduced primarily by the mobile service providers.  And for as much as I&#8217;m developing bits and pieces of software, my research is to introduce these technologies to the healthcare service providers (HSPs), to educate them on their use, and to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2010/02/11/orange-you-glad-you-have-3g/</link>
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		<title>Busha! Free just got more expensive&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been looking at information technologies and how they are changing here in Southwest Uganda, as well as how people are assimilating these changes.  Not surprisingly, a lot of these changes are promoted through the marketing campaigns of the mobile service providers.
The most popular campaign over the past year is Warid&#8217;s Pakalast promotion, in which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2010/02/11/busha-free-just-got-more-expensive/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship in Uganda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always thought that Africa was full of entrepreneurs &#8211; thousands of people eking out a living in container stores and markets selling goods a minimal profit, so they can support their families, send their kids to school, and, in general, survive.
Now, there&#8217;s clearly a difference between the startups of Silicon Valley that get venture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2010/01/14/entrepreneurship-in-uganda/</link>
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		<title>Young Researchers in ITID</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just had two papers published in the Journal of Information Technology &#38; International Development&#8217;s special issue on Human Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) (Vol 5, Issue 4, Winter 2009).
The first is a lit review and historical overview of the area:
Ho, M., Smyth, T., Kam, M., &#38; Dearden, A. (2009). Human-Computer Interaction for Development: The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2010/01/01/young-researchers-in-itid/</link>
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		<title>Bringing ICTs and Solar to Rural Uganda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Claim Mobile Part Deux: We've set up netbooks and phones in three clinics so far (two bundled with solar power), and we're looking to see how the introduction of these new technologies change the management of health care information and communication between the OBA health facilities and the OBA management agency, as well as the management of health information within the OBA health facility itself.]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/12/16/bringing-icts-and-solar-to-rural-uganda/</link>
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		<title>WE CARE Solar on PRI</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of WE CARE&#8217;s solar suitcases (www.wecaresolar.com) was recently
deployed by Catapult Design in the Minazi Health Post in Rwanda (
http://bit.ly/59j9G ), and PRI included  some of the photos in an
article about the project.
On PRI&#8217;s The World

Solar medical system
http://www.pri.org/business/social-entrepreneurs/solar-energy-clinics1583.html

A self-contained, solar-powered system for operating rooms ensure clinics in the developing world aren&#8217;t impaired by blackouts.

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		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/09/14/we-care-solar-on-pri/</link>
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		<title>Zap: Much more than Money Transfer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So MTN Money is not the only mobile-phone based money transfer service (mobile banking services not-withstanding), Zain Uganda also offers Zap, with marginally lower prices, and what seems to be slightly less restrictive than MTN Money &#8211; no 1M UGX limit on the balance to be held by the mobile service provider being the one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/08/17/zap-much-more-than-money-transfer/</link>
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		<title>Pyramid Schemes in Uganda: Together as One Community Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People have long been prey to pyramid schemes all over the world, and it seems that Uganda is not an exception. (Apparently South Africa has already made pyramid schemes illegal, according to Wikipedia.) I was in my office today and I overheard my co-workers discussing a finance club, some disparaging, others curious, so I asked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/08/13/pyramid-schemes-in-uganda-together-as-one-community-project/</link>
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		<title>Tethered Computing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At long last I have my personal MTN sim working for both voice and data on my android phone, *and* I can connect the my computer to the Internet using mtn&#8217;s gprs connection using JuneFabric&#8217;s PdaNet software.
Sigh, well PdaNet only works for windows, not my MacBook Pro, but since my MBP is currently out of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/26/tethered-computing/</link>
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		<title>MTN Money: Long Lines and Bank Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A long hiatus, but now I&#8217;m back! I&#8217;ve been a bit swamped with teaching and travel &#8211; but still there&#8217;s so much going on here that I want to share.
One thing I&#8217;ve noticed recently is that the MTN Service Center has become swamped lately &#8211; there are frequently crowds of people there waiting in line. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ictdchick.com/blog/2009/07/23/mtn-money-long-lines-and-bank-competition/</link>
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