An African tech company is gearing up to unleash a brand new tool that will help people across the continent get connected to the Internet, even in the most remote places. Read More »

Health informatics is of growing importance in efforts to improve health outcomes across the globe, involving many components of health systems. [...] Read More »

A modem designed specifically for Africa has been announced at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh. Read More »

The Krizová mapa Česka, or Crisis Map Czech, an online disaster-mapping project created by a Czech television channel, has provided Czech citizens with up-to-date information about the flooding in the Czech Republic. Read More »

Kenya is at the forefront of the open data movement in Africa thanks to initiatives such as crowdsourcing software Ushahidi and government tracker Uchaguzi. Read More »

One of the best technology innovations I have come across lately is the BRCK. The prototype was developed in Nairobi, Kenya. Read More »

“The world needs more midwives now more than ever,” said the Honorable Minister of Health of Nigeria, Dr. Muhammad Ali Pate. On May 6, Pate was joined by stakeholders and international development partners [...] to celebrate the 2013 International Day of Midwives. Read More »

Nairobi-based Ushahidi, better known for its crowd-sourcing software that helps map violence, has just entered the hardware business. Sticking to their populist roots, it crowd-funded the start-up capital to produce a new type of Internet modem that’s designed by Africans, for Africans. Read More »

What does the field of health informatics have to do with health workers? A new CapacityPlus technical brief explains that health informatics—the process of making health-related data accessible and useful for decision-making—is of growing importance [...]. Read More »

Which incentives would motivate health workers to serve in rural and remote areas of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), where nurses disproportionately live and work in urban centers? Read More »