Reflection: Connect for Change Ghana Education Partners meet in Tamale

The workshop is a ICT4D Learning Workshop that brought together project partners working in Education with IICD and Edukans under the Connect4Change programme in Ghana.  It aimed at enabling Connect4Change as well as the project partners to learn and benefit from the experiences gained at the various project implementation and share knowledge.

Video: Northern Ghana business owners receive computer training

Small-scale businesses are drivers for growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. When these businesses succeed, so does the greater economy. IICD, a non-profit foundation that specializes in information and communication technologies as a tool for development, supports farmers, local entrepreneurs and youth in Africa to improve their business performance and income. Hundreds of Ghanaians in the Northern Region are receiving computer training from IICD to help them reach even more customers. Nearly all have seen great success.
Examples from the video succinctly show the benefits of ICT training. Agatha, a traditional weaver in Northern Ghana, has been trained by IICD to use computers. Her business skills are strong and she buys materials for her weaving online. She makes designs on the computer as well. Her costs have decreased and income has increased. Michael, a carpenter, has also benefited from the ICT training. He now uses computers to communicate with customers and look for jobs. Production has increased rapidly. Now, imagine the net economic result when hundreds of entrepreneurs utilize ICT to earn a living. What empowerment!

Nasa engineer's mission to inspire Ghanaian students

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Space travel might be a bit difficult for many young Africans today, but what opportunities are there to hook them into applying science and technology to fix the continent's problems?
That is the mission Nasa robotics engineer Dr Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu has set himself, hoping that more students across his native country will pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Akwasi Sarpong reports

Entrepreneurs from Ghana build bespoke shoe brand one heel at a time

HTW Shoe Story from VickieRemoe

Like most young Africans his age 28-year-old Fred Deegbe still lives at home with his parents in Tesano a suburb in Ghana’s capital of Accra. His bedroom is adjacent to the garage that Deegbe C.E.O  of HTW short for Heel The World has converted into a production factory where he and his two managers supervise a half-dozen shoemakers to design what they are calling bespoke shoes.

Spotlight on Africa - Mobile Statistics & Facts 2012

Praekelt Foundation believes that mobile technology is reshaping the future of the African continent, and that we have a chance to guide that change, using this powerful new tool to improve the lives of people living in poverty and empowering them to take charge of their own wellbeing. We've created this video to spread the word, and we hope it helps us recruit more advocates for the power of mobile technology. The future starts here!

Robots compete in their own 'Olympics' games

London may be host to the Olympics and paralympics but Bristol is the place to be if you are a sporty robot.

26 teams from around the world are currently competing in the FIRA RoboWorld Cup. More from http://edition.myjoyonline.com/pages/science/201208/92670.php

e-Waste Challenges? Solutions? See Video from Ghana:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/poisoning-the-poor-electroni

The ever-growing demand for the latest fashionable mobile phone, flat screen TV or super-fast computer creates ever larger amounts of obsolete electronics that are often laden with toxic chemicals like lead, mercury and brominated flame retardants. Rather than being safely recycled, much of this e-waste gets dumped in developing countries.