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Student essays about ICT4D

Students ICT4D courses 2020 and 2021 : Essays about ICT4D.

Seline Olijdam. “Data Protection in the Global South, with a Focus on Africa“. Essay in ICT4D in the Field 2021 course. [PDF].

Mohammad Nazrul bin Mornie. Societal Impacts and Ethics on the Implementation of AI Approach in Women Entrepreneurship (UNIMAS). Essay in ICT4D in the Field 2021 course. [PDF].

Hrach Hayrapetyan. AI, Social Impact and Ethics: the Case of Detection of Plant Diseases using Image Recognition in Northern Ghana. Essay in ICT4D in the Field 2021 course. [PDF].

Nikolaos Basmatzidis. Essay in ICT4D in the Field 2021 course. [PDF].

Sven Preng. “A critical analysis of big data for international development.” Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF]

Shruti Rao. “Critical Analysis of E-Governance with Big Data in India”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

David Huser. “Crowdsourcing as collaborative participation in international development”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF]

Floris Gorter.”Designing icon-based mobile applications for illiterate users in rural areas.” Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Daan de Ruijter. “Downscaling Linked Data Vocabularies”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Kick Timmer. “The effects, challenges and future prospects of ICTs on gender divides in Ghana”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Astrid Weijs. “Critical success factors for mHealth services in rural Ghana”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Pjotr Scholtze. “Literature study for possibilities of drones in Sub-Saharan Africa”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Dominique van Schagen. “Interactive Voice Recognition in healthcare in rural Africa: challenges and opportunities”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Markus Funke. “Open Data in Developing Countries”. Essay in ICT4D 2020 course. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, June 2020. [PDF].

Visiting professor Hans Akkermans, ICT4D expert André Baart, CEO at Babafla, AI specialists Gossa Lô and Chris van Aart from Dutch tech firm Bolesian and video & media expert Leeuw van Moerkerken from Leeuw Film visit UDS for a AI/ICT4D ongoing collaboration in education and research, with UDS researchers Francis Dittoh, Gideon Ali and many others. Anna Bon represents VU Amsterdam in the ICT4D workshop, that will take place in a rural community nera Nyankpala, The team will meet the Department Head of the Computer Science Department, Dr. Barik, the Dean of Engineering Prof Seini, the Director of International Relations, Prof. Courage Setsoafia. And we will meet Prof Saa Dittoh in a writing workshop about the book about Indigenous Knowledge and the Plug-in Principle. To be continued...

30 June - 1 July - Connecting Worlds Conference at NU gebouw VU. Keynotes from Saa Dittoh and Narayanan Kulathuramayir. 7 June 2022 - start of ICT4D in the Field course. 1-8 May TMT-OKP funded W4RA Second Workshop in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, with women entrepreneurs for Regreening, marketing of non-timber forest products. W4RA and Reseau MARP. 22-28 February 2022 TMT-OKP funded W4RA workshop with AOPP in Mali, about seeds 7-12 February 2022 - TMT-OKP funded W4RA Workshop in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, with women entrepreneurs for Regreening, who produce non-timber forest products. W4RA and Reseau MARP. 9-16 November 2021 "Cyber Security in and for the Global South". An interdisciplinary seminar organized by Universitas Indonesia and VU Amsterdam. 26-27 August 2021 Academic Conference "Digital Society and Global Citizenship" location: VU (tbd) and online. 28 June 2021 Final Student Conference ICT4D in the Field - 6 projects presented on AI in and for the Global South. 2-4 June 2021 Webinar "AI in and for the gLobal South" online event with 9 AI expert lectures. 28 May 2021 Start ICT4D in the Field course. 31 March - 20 May 2021 ICT4D master course at VU. 26 March 2021 Panel Discussion DIgHum - Education and the Digital Society. 26 February 2021: Francis Dittoh presented the paper Tibaŋsim: Information Access for Low-Resource Environments at ICICT 2021 Conference. 15 December 2020 at 13h CET: Anna Bon defended her PhD thesis Intervention or Collaboration? Redesigning Information and Communication Technologies for Development in the Aula of Maastricht University. 11 December 2020: Sophie Vos and Hella Schaefers presented again at the IFIP conference the Food Security Project Sustainability and Ethics by Design. 26 November 2020: Sophie Vos and Hella Schaefers present their paper at the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute.

Although the Internet offers a wealth of information, and the World Wide Web has become today's paradigm of information and knowledge sharing on the planet, it is still inaccessible to the illiterate and to most rural communities. Moreover, most websites offering information about Africa are written in English, French, and other European languages. Few, however, contain relevant content information in local African languages. Furthermore, the Web is only accessible with an Internet connection, which most rural households do not have, relying instead on radio and mobile phones for communication. These are all important obstacles to overcome. But we believe this is possible to achieve - due to today's advanced ICT technologies and the local and international technical-scientific expertise present in the W4RA collaboration program.