This week we have a very exciting topic: Use of Mobile Phones in Social and Environmental Development.
Until now, most of our topics have focused on Internet-based technologies. Well, as we know, these have their challenges in many African countries, including cost, lack of access, low bandwidths, which often mean very slow connection speeds.
The mobile [...]

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Hi everyone
This is my first post of the week, funnily enough coming from Finland - the home of Nokia, the company responsible for almost 40% of handset sales around the world. I’ve been working in the conservation and development field, mostly in Africa, since 1993 and for the past five-and-a-half years have been working specifically [...]

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Today we wrapped up the training for the June batch of trainees. It was an interesting set of women; different in their own way from the May set.
The ladies presented their projects today. Projects are meant to showcase the tools learnt over the course of program, and participants were free to make their choice (s) [...]

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AYOTUNDE

This is just a cursory glance at Ayotunde…We discover new things daily about ourselves.
She is a graduate of Economics from the PRESTIGIOUS Great Ife-OAU, holds a P.GD in Broadcast Journalism from NIJ.Endured the compulsory NYSC at AIT,Lagos.
A Jewelry creator, with a passion to ensuring the beautification of women, ETC ETC.
Born 28 years ago, an indigene [...]

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Oluwafunmilola Oni, who prefers being called Lola, is presently an undergraduate of Pure and Applied Mathematics at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).She’s slim, of average height and fair in complexion. Attended Apata memorial high school & Lara Day nur/pry. She is currently enjoying herself at the w-tec networking program.

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Yea, effectively weaving in the network encourages one to familiarize with the ongoings in the society, meet with new friends as well as old ones, learn new things, and also become innovative with novel  ideas.   We share  a lot through this and kudos to all out there at W-Tec, the resource persons/facilitators and contributors have [...]

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This week I am an online mentor on the topic of “Effective Online Networking” as part of the Networking for Success project at the the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre.
My opening post shared some ideas and tips.
I’ve been musing about one effectively (dare I use the word efficiently) nurtures relationships their networks?  Amy [...]

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By Oyindamola Akinpelu
Information Technology (IT) has been promoted as an important tool in ensuring that marginalized groups, particularly women, are included in the development of the global information society. The importance of gender mainstreaming in national and organizational Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies and strategies cannot be overstated. While IT alone cannot end gender [...]

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Wynyfred Achu, believes that the only thing permanent about life is change. As such she continually tries to ensure that the changes in her life are educative and fulfilling.
After obtaining a B.Sc in Geology from the University of Calabar, she worked briefly at Index Consulting before moving to Kudirat Initiative for Democracy, KIND, as the [...]

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Dear ladies, please do not forget to post short bios about yourselves. Take a look at the Participants page for ideas on what we’d like to read.
Ore

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