Tag Archive | Development
Telecoms on the rise in Ghana
I have spent the last week in Accra hosting the Ghana Telecom Summit, the annual event which I helped to organise and launch last year is the only event in Ghana focussing on the Telecom market, the opportunities, regulatory environment and other industry issues. The event came about whilst researching an article on telecoms in [...]
Technology Driven Development – TDD
Technology Driven Development is a phrase I coined whilst being interviewed by Teddy “TMS” Ruge about the role of Technology in Development, since then I have given considerable thought to the role of Technology in lifting people out of poverty, creating sustainable jobs and improving the self worth and self esteem of people living in [...]
The Millenium Development Goals – Goals or Aspirations
Last week at the Department for International Development in London the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Nick Clegg was joined by Henry Bellingham the Foreign Office Minister for Africa and Andrew Mitchell the International Development Secretary. They announced that the UK was going to strive to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and encourage [...]
