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Written by: Steve Song
Posted in: africa, Bill Gates, Fellows Blogs, Innovation, malaria, Project Loon, Steve Song
- Why Bill Gates is Wrong About Project Loon
- In a recent interview with Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Bill Gates took issue with long time competitor Google and their plans to create an alternative communication infrastructure using balloons (Project... Read more – ‘Why Bill Gates is Wrong About Project Loon’.
Written by: Holly
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, Kabir Bavikatte
- UN Secretary General Calls on States to Honor Treaties With Indigenous Peoples on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
- Friday, 9 August 2013, was the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. This important day was recognized at United Nations headquarters in New York, where Indigenous peoples from around... Read more – ‘UN Secretary General Calls on States to Honor Treaties With Indigenous Peoples on International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’.
Written by: Steve Vosloo
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, ict, Steve Vosloo, unicef
- Launch of UNICEF Child Friendly Technology Framework
- UNICEF today launched the “Child Friendly Technology Framework – 52 worksheets for brainstorming and project planning”, also known as the CFT. Get full document at:... Read more – ‘Launch of UNICEF Child Friendly Technology Framework’.
Written by: Philipp Schmidt
Posted in: bits and pieces, Fellows Blogs, open-gov, Philipp Schmidt
- Reflections on philanthropy (mostly by others)
- Peter Buffett, Warren Buffett’s son and chairman of the NoVo Foundation, recently posted an opinion piece for the NYT about his frustrations with philanthropy. He suggests there is a problem... Read more – ‘Reflections on philanthropy (mostly by others)’.
Written by: Mark Horner
Posted in: Fellows Blogs, FHSST, Mark Horner, Personal, South Africa
- My OER Journey, 11 Years & Counting
- Today marks 11 years, to the day, since we started the hair-brained scheme to collaboratively author, openly-licensed textbooks for South Africa under the banner of the Free High School Science... Read more – ‘My OER Journey, 11 Years & Counting’.