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Researching Internet: Where to Start & New Ideas

Monday, March 29, 2010

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This is an informative piece that I thought I could share with people interested in ICT4D and telecentres for that matter. It is a piece posted by Sienna Miller to the Youthink blog on the World Bank website. Sienna has been doing research on traditional telecenter sustainability. She makes some interesting observations. I have spent [...]

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A lost generation

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Public affection of love is a contentious issue in Uganda. When the queen of Buganda kissed her husband (the king), tongues waged. It made headlines. The conservatives frowned while the young blood punched their fists in the air and screamed “that’s is how it should be.” But the young blood in Northern Uganda seem to [...]

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Digging a hole to fill a hole

Monday, July 6, 2009

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I spent the third week of June in Gulu Distric, northern Uganda about 350 km from Kampala City. For years, I had read, heard and been told about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and the atrocities he committed. Sometimes they seemed so distant. Sometimes the updates came from CNN or the BBC. It was hard [...]

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