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The International Design Development Summit (IDDS) is an annual, hands-on summit organized by the MIT D-Lab that engages both students and professionals from different backgrounds in developing technological solutions and enterprises for emerging markets. This year, the IDDS Summit is being held in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 1st to 31st July, 2012 and it will be [...]
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During President Barack Obama's short term as a senator, one of two bills he authored which eventually became law was the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act of 2006. Senator Hillary Clinton was a co-sponsor, along with 11 others. The DRC-focused bill includes specific provisions on conflict minerals and sexual violence; sanctions on armed groups
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Move to End Violence (MEV), a 10-year program of the NoVo Foundation, is designed to strengthen our collective capacity to end violence against girls and women in the United States. Move to End Violence grew out of the NoVo Foundation's refusal to accept a world fueled by domination and exploitation. It's a bold commitment to invest in [...]
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What if anyone owning a cell-phone, whether rich or poor, also had access to financial services with the ability to save and send money safely, no matter where they are located? This is not science fiction; in fact it is already happening in Kenya, which has become the world's market leader in mobile money.
Today, Kenya has more cell-phone subscriptions than adult citizens and more than 80 percent of those with a cell phone also use "mobile money" (or "M-PESA" which is very different from "mobile banking" as Michael Joseph-the former Safaricom CEO, and the man behind that revolution--can explain passionately!).
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I recently returned from Africa re:load 2012, an annual two-day conference hosted by the Bauhaus University Weimar and GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) and wanted to share some thoughts while they're still fresh. This year's event was centered around the topics of creative industries, maker culture, green construction, renewable energy, design communities and innovative [...]
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I recently returned from Africa re:load 2012, an annual two-day conference hosted by the Bauhaus University Weimar and GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) and wanted to share some thoughts while they're still fresh. This year's event was centered around the topics of creative industries, maker culture, green construction, renewable energy, design communities and innovative [...]
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Cairo, Egypt In light of Secretary Clinton's visit to Egypt over the last few days, I thought you might be...
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"The play shows a couple, Akin and Tola, who have had their first child. As they both prepare for their baby's naming ceremony, Tola prepares for a day of disagreements, especially with her husband, her mother and mother in-law."
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