Can the capabilities approach help us frame technology injustice?
If you think this question is only of “academic interest” then read on. At the Human Development and Capability Association conference in Den Haag, The Netherlands I put this question before a group...
View ArticleResilience is a state of mind
Today has been an adventure. Leaving Harare our mission was to reach Gwanda where we are doing podcasting with the local communities. It turned out not to be so simple… As we watched the radiator water...
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Can you repeat that?
We visited communities in Gwanda south to discuss their information needs. They told us that water was their biggest problem. We listened to a podcast about water, in their local language. We then...
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Can you repeat that?
We visited communities in Gwanda south to discuss their information needs. They told us that water was their biggest problem. We listened to a podcast about water, in their local language. We then...
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Local voices heard in Zimbabwe
At a second community near Gwanda the loudspeakers, carefully placed on a wheelbarrow delivered messages about the local governance of the recently installed water pump. The language was Sotho, so my...
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Technology everywhere…but will it reach the poor?
As dawn breaks in 2012 we enter the season of technology forecasting. What will new technologies bring us in 2012 and beyond? Most of these forecasts seem to dwell on the fortunes of...
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ICT outreach in Zimbabwe
The Ministry of ICT in Zimbabwe have three digital programmes. They want to encourage e-government (improving their own webistes etc.), e-learning (equipping schools) and they are interested in setting...
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Local solutions to local problems
Gwanda community meeting The Secretary General of the FAO came to Harare today. According to the papers his most important message was that Zimbabwe should be seeking local solutions to local problems....
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Bad news from Zimbabwe
A new report published today suggests that up to 1.6 million people in Zimbabwe will require food aid next year. http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/aug/01/zimbabwe-food-shortages-aid...
View ArticleSocial media and development – opportunity or threat?
On Tuesday this week I attended a conference in London sponsored by DFID, the Omidyar Network (set up by the founder of the on line shopping empire eBay) and WIRED magazine. The topic of the conference...
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Climb Every Mountain to Measure Mudslide Risk
Me and the mudslide measuring equipment This Chair’s Circle visit to Peru is going from one disaster to another. After seeing how communities prepared for earthquakes in Lima yesterday, we moved to...
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