| Welcome to the Gamos ICT WebPages. Here you will find information and resources concerning Gamos' most recent work in ICTs.
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| This research is responding to the theme of "Information and Communication Technology and Development". Global access to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing rapidly with the potential to impact on development in both positive and negative ways. One way of analysing the health sector is as a knowledge economy - how to access expert advice on how to manage a particular health problem and how to access specific commodities, such as drugs, which embody a large amount of research and development. Yet where does this access start?
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| Working with the Research and Consultancy team at the CTO, we have completed a Nationwide Consumer Satisfaction Survey with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). More than 50,000 Nigerians responded to a detailed questionnaire that was designed to help the NCC understand consumers' perceptions of the quality of ICT services provided by Nigerian ISPs, fixed line and mobile operators. |
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Using ICTs to Integrate Frontline Views into Strategic Planning for Climate Change
Saturday, 07 April 2012 19:27
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| Gamos has contributed to a repository of new research and case studies concerning climate change and ICTs in the development context. Coordinated by The University of Manchester's Centre for Development Informatics and funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), this project is interested in the intersection of two developing trends: Changing climate and the increased frequency and intensity of weather events and; the increasing penetration of ICTs in developing regions. |
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E-Commerce Options for Third World Craft Producers
Monday, 03 October 2011 14:47
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| How can craft producers take advantage of the Internet and e-commerce opportunities to sell their goods and benefit their families and communities? This study, funded by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID), examined e-commerce opportunities for craft producers.
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Africa's New Communications Users - Household Survey Findings
Monday, 03 October 2011 14:41
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| One of the key issues in promoting access for telephony and internet in Africa is the need for information about how new services are likely to be used by consumers - both citizens and small businesses. This research - based on a statistically valid sample of households in Botswana, Ghana and Uganda in 2002, applied across the whole country takes the first step in providing this information.
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ICTs for Development: Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals
Monday, 03 October 2011 13:54
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| How can ICT be used effectively across a variety of sectors to help achieve the Millennium Development Goals? What can we learn from ICT pilot projects in developing countries about proper design, sustainability and impact of such interventions? infoDev commissioned Gamos to conduct a detailed analysis of seventeen ICT-for-development projects it had funded in the past several years to capture lessons about how, and why, such projects succeed or fail.
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The Impact of Mobile Phones in Africa
Monday, 03 October 2011 13:48
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| The demand for mobile phones in Africa in the last few years has been more than most people expected and continues to expand. Operators have traditionally targeted urban areas, but it is the demand from rural and low income areas that have exceeded all expectations. This paper, prepared by Gamos for the Commision for Africa, proposes three key areas where support from high level institutions could help African countries exploit the potential that mobile technology offers to the vulnerable.
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