Rural Energy Poverty – A threat to the environment and women
When we think about the term Energy Poverty, we picture households in the dark, without electricity. These households tend to be in the developing world,…
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International and Human Development
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03-05-2015Barriers to Humanitarian Response
Over the past few decades, the nature, place and understanding of humanitarian response has evolved significantly. In an ever-shrinking globalized world, there is now a…
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22-12-2014Integrating Technology in WASH Monitoring
Over the past two decades, the global water sector has made great strides in reducing the number of people without access to safe drinking water…
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29-11-2014The Economic Impact of the Ebola Crisis
Introduction Epidemics and other health crises in Africa continue to take a massive toll on human life and social fabric. Outbreaks of Cholera, Smallpox and…
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22-07-2014Laying the framework for Water and Sanitation Sustainability
Driving through the hustle and bustle of Lusaka, it is really hard to imagine that the vast majority of this country live in rural communities….
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09-07-2014Help Bring Sustainable Energy to Madagascar
BioD is a novel technology that addresses deforestation and air pollution while saving families time and money. We are team BioD and we’ve invented a household-sized…
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03-07-2014The Gender Gap in the Digital Divide – Gender and ICT
Although from observations and anecdotal evidence, we have “known” of the existence of a gender gap in information and communication technology (ICT), there has been…
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10-06-2014Statistics on Water & Sanitation Failures
The above graph shows the trend in the average global failure rate for water points in developing countries. It was compiled from a painstaking analysis of over…
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05-06-2014The Gambia, as I saw it
It’s very easy to miss The Gambia on a map of mighty Africa. The smallest country in mainland Africa is but a sliver of land,…
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23-05-2014A walk through a Hospital in Rural Gambia
As part of Hand in Health and Books for Africa’s project to expand ICT in The Gambia, I had the chance to tour the Sulayman…
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