http://infoactivist.net Notes on Information Technology and Social Inclusion. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:53:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Health sciences major Evelyn Castle ('12) on her last day at the health clinic in Kaduna, Nigeria. The clinic's new records room includes two computers. Over at eHealth Nigeria there is a new press release by the UC Santa Cruz Public Relations called "Students forging a new frontier in ... http://infoactivist.net/2009/12/ehealth-nigeria-gets-some-press/ Today July 16 I'm speaking at the Digital Bridge Institute at the ICTs and NGO Symposium.  I've been asked to discuss funding for ICT initiatives.  These are my speaking notes and links to other resources: Funding ICT Initiatives General Tips and Strategy Specific Resources, Directories and Funding Networks Prizes / Fellowships Other Funding Ideas Further Reading Tips ... http://infoactivist.net/2009/07/funding-ict-initiatives/ It's been a bit difficult to have consistent and/or reliable Internet access so this post is a little be overdue.  This post is a summary of some of the activities/projects that are planned or currently underway. Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD, http://citad.org/) At CITAD Ian Anderson (http://skissar.com/nigeria/) and I are ... http://infoactivist.net/2009/07/1st-week-project-highlights/ On June 25th I arrived at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.  This is the begining of Part 2 of my work in Kano (and Northern Nigeria more broadly) exploring the intersections of information technology, reproductive health, education and leadership development.  With the Development Research Projects Centre (dRPC) ... http://infoactivist.net/2009/06/kano-2-0-begins/ Recent news has shown that vast numbers of newly registered and long-time voters are 'disappearing' from the voter registration lists across the country and in key battleground states.  For example 9000 voters in Florida are having their registrations challenged... a state that was decided by 600 votes in 200. Here is ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/10/voter-databases-and-disenfranchisment/ I finally had an opportunity today to visit Mamabayya House (Center for Democratic Research and Training), aka Scott's home for then next few months.  This place is built around the residence of the late Mallam Aminu Kano.  Mambayya House is located on a great compound that has a library, museum, ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/07/only-5-days-left-in-kano/ First order of business is to let you all know that Eugene has photos on his flickr site which you should all check out.  It's very difficult to live up to his consistency and quality of photography but Scott and I are trying very hard.  Eugene also posted various videos ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/07/day-14-pictures-trainings-and-more-achabas/ Day 2 of the 3 day (maybe 4) web design and content management training at CITAD and GIIP is now complete. The review and evaluations for day 1 are available on our training resource site http://citad.org/trainings. The materials above provide the main breakdown and detail of how everything went.  Mostly day ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/07/web-trainings-citad/ Scott and I were invited to attend a day long summit or "interactive meeting" organized by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Eduction and Information Technology, Dr Bashir Galadanci, on the Kano ICT Park.  This summit gathered members of the business community to educate them on the investment opportunities ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/07/kano-ict-park/ It's been quite a week in Kano (well 9 days really). I'll summarize some of the work and experiences that I've had so far. Let me just say there are tons of great photos from the folks that have been in Kano this week but there is no ... http://infoactivist.net/2008/07/one-week-in-kano/