From The White African:Grameen Foundation’s AppLab has released a new suite of mobile phone applications developed in Uganda, using Google SMS Search and in partnership with MTN Uganda as the mobile operator. The services include:Farmer’s Friend: a searchable database with both agricultural advice and targeted weather forecastsHealth Tips: provides sexual and reproductive health informationClinic Finder: helps locate nearby health clinics and their servicesGoogle Trader: matches buyers and sellers of agricultural produce and commodities as well...
June 29, 2009
An Idea That Works Worldwide
Check out the interview with Dr. Muhammad Yunus at Knowledge@Wharton."… it has worked all over the country, all over the world. In many countries, they said, “Well, our country is not like Bangladesh. We don’t have such a huge density of population and not as much poverty concentrated in our population. So in our country it won’t work.” We said, “Well, you debate about your country and Bangladesh. Give the task to us. We will go and do it for you.”...
June 19, 2009
News from Bangladesh - As Interpreted by a Foreigner
The Asia File comments on some recent news from Bangladesh:* The Daylight Saving Time:...having experienced the incredibly frequent and frustrating rolling blackouts during my few days here, I agree that something needs to be done about the acute power shortage. However, I find it slightly disconcerting when governments start to mess with time.* Cattle trader shot by Indian border patrol:It’s a pretty extreme response to illegal border trade, of the kind that you’d expect from North Korea, not India....
Dhaka Traffic: Living Dangerously
The thumb rule of Dhaka Traffic: screw the rules and march using innovations to avoid all the impediments in the way. People are living dangerously and some are not that lucky. (Alert: not for the faint heart...
June 16, 2009
Shahidul Alam Detained By Indian Border Security Forces
Different news sources confirms that Shahidul Alam, internationally renowned photojournalist from Bangladesh, blogger, E-Bangladesh author and founder of the Drik picture network has been detained by the Indian border security.According to David Brewer of Media Helping Media:In a message to this site from Dhaka, Alam’s partner says he was working on a multimedia project about the Brahmaputra river with two colleagues when border guards took him away.There...
In Mozartland
I arrived in Vienna last Sunday without any major incident. Our last trip in May by car towards Denmark ended abruptly when the cooler of my car burst and it had to be towed. So I was extra cautious this time during the 700km long journey to Vienna from Berlin. We had a 2 hour stop-over in Prague for lunch. The weather was good and temperature is on the higher side. 25-30 does not sound much to me but with piercing sunlight this means struggle for...
June 14, 2009
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