| Welcome to the Gamos ICT WebPages. Here you will find information and resources concerning Gamos' most recent work in ICTs.
|
|
Using ICTs to Integrate Frontline Views into Strategic Planning for Climate Change
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| Gamos has contributed to a repository of new research and case studies concerning climate change and ICTs in the development context. Coordinated by The University of Manchester's Centre for Development Informatics and funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), this project is interested in the intersection of two developing trends: Changing climate and the increased frequency and intensity of weather events and; the increasing penetration of ICTs in developing regions. |
|
|
|
E-Commerce Options for Third World Craft Producers
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| How can craft producers take advantage of the Internet and e-commerce opportunities to sell their goods and benefit their families and communities? This study, funded by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), examined e-commerce opportunities for craft producers.
|
|
|
Africa's New Communications Users - Household Survey Findings
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| One of the key issues in promoting access for telephony and internet in Africa is the need for information about how new services are likely to be used by consumers - both citizens and small businesses. This research - based on a statistically valid sample of households in Botswana, Ghana and Uganda in 2002, applied across the whole country takes the first step in providing this information.
|
|
|
ICTs for Development: Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| How can ICT be used effectively across a variety of sectors to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals? What can we learn from ICT pilot projects in developing countries about proper design, sustainability and impact of such interventions? infoDev commissioned Gamos to conduct a detailed analysis of seventeen ICT-for-development projects it had funded in the past several years to capture lessons about how, and why, such projects succeed or fail.
|
|
|
|
The Impact of Mobile Phones in Africa
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| The demand for mobile phones in Africa in the last few years has been more than most people expected and continues to expand. Operators have traditionally targeted urban areas, but it is the demand from rural and low income areas that have exceeded all expectations. This paper, prepared by Gamos for the Commision for Africa, proposes three key areas where support from high level institutions could help African countries exploit the potential that mobile technology offers to the vulnerable.
|
|
|
Good Practice Paper on ICTs for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| This report, prepared by Gamos, aims to give an overview of what the OECD Journal on Development members currently know about how ICT use in developing economies can stimulate economic growth and poverty reduction. It draws attention to the cross-cutting applications of ICTs, to their role as tools, not goals, and links their use to development co-operation.
|
|
|
ICTs
|
| This report, co-authored by Gamos, provides the information needed to assess M-Money as a business opportunity. It outlines the various models and concepts of mobile enabled transactions (Mbanking, Mpayments, Mtransactions), differentiating between the various business models, and illustrating the potentially disruptive nature of some of the models. The different business models are further differentiated in the light of the relevant technologies - eg Near Field Communication, Sim Cards and Combined Smart Cards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
