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MicrofinanceAPC: Of empty purses and tattered pockets: Stitching funding back into gender and ICTSubmitted by admin on Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:13.
Thandiwe Mathenjwa, a 43 year-old single mother of 11 from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, opened up a discussion on financing for ICT at the UN in this year's session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She's part of a self-help, income generating group called Fancy Stitch, a supplier of artistic greeting cards, picture frames and clothing. Her voice, image, work and experience - her digital story - kept the policy and finance debate away from abstraction and rooted in women's realities. » ( categories: ) BBC: The invisible computer revolution By Dr Joel Selanikio, DataDyneSubmitted by admin on Thu, 24/01/2008 - 16:37.
If I had told you ten years ago that by the end of 2007 there would be an international network of wirelessly-connected computers throughout the developing world, you might well have said it wasn't possible. ( categories: ) SIDA: The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in the Philippines – Lessons for AfricaSubmitted by admin on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 09:05.
In recent years there has been a growing realization of the critical role information and communication technology (ICT) plays in development. The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) supports the integration of ICT in developing countries in order to improve communications, the exchange of information and to facilitate economic development. » ( categories: ) Reuters: eBay site lets people finance the world's poorSubmitted by admin on Wed, 14/11/2007 - 16:45.
EBay Inc, the world's largest online auctioneer and payments company, launched on Wednesday a Web site allowing ordinary investors to buy securities aimed at improving conditions in the world's poorest countries. ( categories: ) Tectonic: IBM partners in scheme to reduce povertySubmitted by admin on Fri, 19/10/2007 - 13:09.
IBM has announced that it will collaborate with the Grameen Foundation to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) better serve the world's poor communities. Together they will expand the Grameen Foundation's open source microfinance software platform, Mifos. ( categories: ) Share Ideas: Rural Banks in the Philippines: Using Mobile Phones for MicrofinanceSubmitted by admin on Tue, 10/07/2007 - 13:36.
In rural areas of the Philippines, micro and small business owners are able to use SMS to transfer payments and make deposits with the help of G-Cash, a mobile payment platform. » ( categories: ) IHT: Cellphones may take banking to the rural poor in the third worldSubmitted by admin on Tue, 10/07/2007 - 13:27.
In many third world countries, where bank branches are few and far between, the development that finally may make financial services practical for the rural poor fits in the palm of a hand. ( categories: ) FDC: Banking the Unbanked: Technology's Role in Delivering Accessible Financial Services to the PoorSubmitted by admin on Thu, 03/05/2007 - 06:04.
The Microdevelopment Finance Team (MFT) carried out pilot projects in Uganda to determine the role technology could play in increasing the reach of microfinance. The team envisioned a "data transaction backbone" that would link microfinance clients to their financial institutions and beyond. The resultant technology was known as the Remote Transaction System (RTS). » ( categories: ) Guardian: Kenya sets world first with money transfers by mobileSubmitted by admin on Wed, 21/03/2007 - 12:54.
The ping of a text message has never sounded so sweet. In what is being touted as a world first, Kenya's biggest mobile operator is allowing subscribers to send cash to other phone users by SMS. Known as M-Pesa, or mobile money, the service is expected to revolutionise banking in a country where more than 80% of people are excluded from the formal financial sector. ( categories: ) Mobile Banking - An African PerspectiveSubmitted by admin on Wed, 07/03/2007 - 12:17.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Information for Development Program (InfoDev) have released a report on the status, opportunities and challenges of Mobile Banking in the Developing World. The report Mobile Banking: Knowledge map and Possible donor support strategies was released in July 2006. In this interview, Alex Weir explores possibilities and hindrances for implementation of this promising service in Africa. ( categories: ) 
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ICT and Global Public Goods
Hello there,
I work in the are of microfinacne, and investing in it, and nano-micro venture capital funding.
Also I am working in a software company, connected to my local college, where widgets are developed for mobile technology.
I am therefore at the nexus of ICT and development, I have invested in MFI's, MFI funds as well as getting MVS, homepage above going.
I have quite an amount of work done in this are and am really interested in mobile banking, delivery of education and healthcare servies through ICT etc.
Also I use the theoretical construct of Global Public Goods, for such GPG's as access to communcations, financial services, healthcare, education, information/communications etc.
If you would like to know more about my work please get in touch at gwyse@microventuresupport.org
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