More Rwandans have turned to short text messages (SMSs) to communicate, with the number of SMSs sent last year rising by over six billion for on-net texts compared to the previous year. According to the telecom sector 2014 report by the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), close to 7.4 billion on-net short messages were sent […]
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What makes a good policy? In an ideal world, policies would be put in place to change something for the better. In order to tell whether a policy works, we would collect evidence – objective, non-partisan data that tells us whether the thing we’ve changed is having a positive effect. And before even getting that […]
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Amazon is testing an addition to its Prime subscription postal service that will see parcels delivered directly to customer’s cars. The pilot service is a partnership between Amazon, DHL and Audi, and will allow a small group of Prime subscribers in Munich, Germany, to receive deliveries straight to the boots of their cars. Michael Pasch, […]
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Passwords get hacked — a lot. In an effort to move beyond passwords, big companies are embracing biometric technology: the use of fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition for user identification. To heighten security, smartphones are being outfitted with biometric features. But, ditching passwords for biometrics may not make the hackers go away. Selfie Security […]
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“The Government is designing a strategic plan that will make it possible for the education sector to adopt Information and Communication Technology as a primary enabler of access to education. The Minister for Education, Prof. Silas Lwakabamba, said Rwandans need to take bold steps including the acquisition of computers by teachers to avail digital content […]
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In this series of posts, Influencers and members predict the ideas and trends that will shape 2015. Read all the stories here and write your own (please include the hashtag #BigIdeas2015 in the body of your post). The innovation that will shape the coming year, I think, will be the consumer use of digital currencies, such as bitcoin and […]
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Elon Musk is a man who likes to make waves. Whether it’s privatizing space exploration or shaking up commuting with the Hyperloop high speed transport system, the billionaire technocrat aims big. Now his electric car company, Tesla, is planning to change the way people power their homes. In a tweet last month, Musk announced that Tesla would […]
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Apple’s product launches are covered with breathless enthusiasm usually reserved for royal weddings and vaccines for dreaded diseases. The recent launch of the iPhone6 featured an exciting new technology – ApplePay – which, if widely adopted, will allow Apple’s discerning customers to make electronic payments from their phones in situations where they would have used […]
PAYING for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi than it is in New York, thanks to Kenya’s world-leading mobile-money system, M-PESA. Launched in 2007 by Safaricom, the country’s largest mobile-network operator, it is now used by over 17m Kenyans, equivalent to more than two-thirds of the adult population; around 25% of […]
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Powerhive, Inc. today announced that its industry-leading portfolio of off-grid metering and control solutions has successfully completed over two years of field testing in Kenya, paving the way for its commercialization and scale-up. With financial and technical backing from First Solar, Inc. FSLR, -1.97% a leading global provider of photovoltaic (PV) solar energy solutions, Powerhive […]
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