IDIA2020

For the next four weeks only, you can access #IDIA2020 Springer CCIS proceedings papers via the following link. The UNU published proceedings are also available at the same link. idia2020.com/conference-proc…

A preview of the #IDIA2020 Springer CCIS proceedings is up and available. "Evolving Perspectives on ICTs in Global Souths" springer.com/gp/book/9783030…

💡Key insights from #IDIA2020 participants on the top themes and issues that the #ICT4D/#ICTD communities should look into in the #21stcentury. #virtualconference

Amazing energy from all #IDIA2020 participants! Thank you again for your contribution! Stay safe and healthy wherever you are in the 🌎! #ICT4D #VirtualConference #groupphoto

A big thank you from the #IDIA2020 organizing committee to all the participants and speakers who made the #virtualconference an engaging and successful one! We look forward to #IDIA2022 in South Africa to be led by the University of Johannesburg @go2uj!

Mlungisi Vilakazi during the last session of #IDIA2020: Other organizations that support farmers can also leverage the farmer's #adoption of #technology by reducing the financial resources and time exerted with communication. #ICT4D #agtech

From #technology stewardship training and #farmerengagement through SMS to implementing the #SDGs in #ICT4D, join us now for the last session of #IDIA2020! Join here ➡️ bit.ly/39lvhVM

"The reframing of police services on social media is clearly aimed at the middle classes but it is arguably the poor that are most likely to face the hard hand of police justice without the advantage of protection," said @joyopal during his presentation at #IDIA2020.

The second session of #IDIA2020 Day 2 is live on Zoom right now. Tune in for stories from the #GlobalSouth on double layer #digitaldivide, police outreach on #socialmedia and the mitigation of knowledge asymmetry through online communities. Join us ➡️bit.ly/39lvhVM

“Education mediated with #gender explained just a small part of the #inequalities in #digitalaccess. We need to make a deeper exploration, including a more detailed classification of university programs and consideration of cultural context,” said Diego Martinez at #IDIA2020.

Marita Turpin at #IDIA2020: In addition to a mismatch between challenges and recommendations, we found there is a need for more research on public access #computing in #African countries other than #SouthAfrica to be more cognizant of the issues in the African context. #ICT4D

Larry Stillman sharing a case study of an #ICT4D project in rural Bangladesh at #IDIA2020: The #women in #leadership roles were incredibly enthusiastic about this project. In #Bangladesh, a society where the group is so important, leadership is critical in adoption.

📢Are you excited for Day 2 of #IDIA2020? The first session will start in 30 minutes! We will be looking into #ICT4D in Bangladesh, Colombia and Africa through a #theoretical lens. Join us online here ➡️bit.ly/39lvhVM #virtualconference

Thank you for the insightful discussions at #IDIA2020 yesterday! We look forward to connecting with you all again today! The organizing team @UNUMACAU would like to express our solidarity with those affected by #COVID19. Stay safe and healthy! We will get through this together!

Baldreck Chipangura at #IDIA2020: Public health practitioners in #SouthAfrica find that sharing tacit knowledge or #knowledge acquired through experiences via #socialmedia is a viable choice. #ICT4D #publichealth

💻 Our last session of the day is happening right now! Join us online via Zoom for a discussion on #theoretical reflections and proposed theories for #ICT4D. Join here➡️bit.ly/39lvhVM #IDIA2020 #virtualconference

Pietari Keskinen at #IDIA2020: There is a lack of connection between #communitybased tourism and the #digital #ICT4D literature so we wished to provide some bridges between these areas that could be used in the future.

📢The next #IDIA2020 session starts in 15 minutes! Join us online via Zoom for a discussion on #technology and development issues in #SouthAfrica in the areas of #education, #localgovernment service and #healthcare. Join us here ➡️bit.ly/39lvhVM

📢Next session for #IDIA2020 is a discussion on the positive and negative impacts of #ICT4D. The session will start in 5 minutes! Join us online via Zoom to hear about case studies of rural Tanzania and India. Join us here➡️ bit.ly/39lvhVM

Ingrid Siebörger at #IDIA2020: “We wanted our users to not only be consumers of #data, but we feel that people have a voice. They are producers of #knowledge and they have very valuable knowledge to give back to the world” #ICT4D