Essays about: "Use of Mobile Technology in Developing Countries"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Use of Mobile Technology in Developing Countries.

  1. 6. Mobile Accessibility in Disaster Environments : Assessing the role of Mobile Technology in Crisis Management in Ghana

    University essay from Avdelningen för informatik och projektledning

    Author : Raul Ferrer Conill; [2013]
    Keywords : Crisis Management; Mobile Technology; Mobile Telephone; Development; Accessibility; Internet; ICTs; ICT4D; M4D; Ghana´s Disaster Management;

    Abstract : In the age of the risk society, when several actors at an international, national, and local level converge in order to find solutions that help mitigate the global effects of natural disasters, there is a need to study the patterns for communicating and interacting with the public that eventually feel the impact of crises. In the richer parts of the world ICTs have facilitated a framework for having instant information regarding threats that make crisis management a discipline that is centered more in preparing and planning, rather than mitigating actual crises. READ MORE

  3. 7. Mobile Business in China : Opportunities and Challenges

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Liang Chen; Yin Zhang; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In the last few years, the whole business world has witnessed the incredible development of mobile technology. Realizing the great potential of being mobile, enterprises have never stopped trying to implement this exciting technology within their business process and mBusiness is just the result of such enduring efforts. READ MORE

  4. 8. Reproducing ICT4D Tanzania to a Rwandan District

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Biniam Mekonnen; [2012]
    Keywords : healthcare; ICT4RD Tanzania; ICT4RD Rwanda; AGLARBRI; infrastructure and; vård; ICT4RD Tanzania; ICT4RD Rwanda; AGLARBRI; infrastruktur och applikationer reproducerbarhet;

    Abstract : ICT based health care policies in developing countries must be targeted at the poorest most rural member of the population where there is demand but little or no supply of health care. This is achieved through ICT4RD program which mainly focus on provisioning of ICT access to rural areas. READ MORE

  5. 9. The use of Information and Communication Technology in disaster management : The case of Cameroon

    University essay from IHH, Informatik; IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Carine Kuo Bong; Joseph Bayiah Ngang; [2010]
    Keywords : ICT; ICT use; humanitarian logistics; disaster management; disaster preparedness; disaster response;

    Abstract : Abstract The frequency of natural disasters and its negative consequences in terms of the number of people killed, property destroyed and negative environmental impacts caused in the affected communities constitute one of the basic foundations and motivations for the development and use of ICT and other means of preventing as well as responding to disasters in the world today. This is simply because disaster management constitutes an important part of any developmental framework. READ MORE

  6. 10. mHealth : Mobile phones in HIV prevention in Uganda

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Akademin för humaniora, utbildning och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Axel Salomonsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Health communication; HIV prevention; mHealth; Hälsokommunikation; HIV prevention;

    Abstract : mHealth – Mobile phones in HIV prevention in Uganda by Axel Salomonsson Abstract The use of ”new”  interactive media like the Internet and cell phones in health education is not an entirely new phenomenon and studies shows promising results from such information campaigns in developed countries[1]. In the area of HIV/AIDS prevention, however, no scientific studies have been made on the effects of mobile phone-based information campaigns in developing countries. READ MORE