ICTD interventions

Chepken, Christopher; Mugwanya, Raymond; Blake, Edwin; Marsden, Gary

doi:10.1145/2160673.2160704

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“…In an analysis on HCI for development, Dell and Kumar [19] noted that the most prevalent domains were education, access (referring to the provision of technology, such as internet access or ofine browsing experiences), and health. This fnding supported previous work that noted that health and education technology interventions dominated development-focused research [13].…”

Section: Transportation In Urban African Citiessupporting

confidence: 86%

"You are asking me to pay for my legs"

Kirabo

Carter

Steinfeld

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

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Smart technologies have recently come under scrutiny for automating inequality. Given the current push towards developing and implementing smart cities policies that afect transportation systems in places like Kampala and Kigali, it is important to examine how the diferent modes of transportation meet the needs of diverse passengers and identify opportunities for technology to address any inequities. Prior studies have focused on the impact of informal public transportation on government policy and examined drivers' perspectives, but they largely overlooked the experiences of passengers and other industry stakeholders. In this study, we conducted interviews and surveys with public transportation riders with diferent disabilities as well as other stakeholders, including transport and fnancial technology creators. Our fndings illuminate inequities in the transportation system surrounding discrimination and harassment, infuence of ability on preferred transportation modes despite inaccessible interfaces, and infuence of perceived social hierarchical structures on innovation. We present insights into how passengers appropriate technology to overcome challenges, and we uncover opportunities for technology to fll additional gaps. Lastly, we discuss how these fndings support emergent frameworks such as aspiration-based design, and we present potential envisioned futures of technology for informal public transportation.

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Section: Transportation In Urban African Citiessupporting

confidence: 86%

"You are asking me to pay for my legs"

Kirabo

Carter

Steinfeld

2020

Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

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“…The cost of internet access is prohibitive in many places -in some parts of South Africa, people are spending a very large proportion of their income on their mobile phones and data (Santer 2013, GSMA 2014. Offline platforms are more important than online platforms for building a sustainable SA e-education strategy because offline platforms are comparatively cheaper and more reliable in communities where online platforms are often inaccessible, too expensive or not reliable (Bodnar 2002;Chepken et al 2012;Marais 2011;Parker & Wills 2009). The DREAMs plan proposes an offline decentralised hub and mesh network that provides digital educational resources at no cost to the users.…”

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The Dreams Plan: A Blupoint Strategy for e‐Education Provision in South Africa

Walls

Santer

Wills

et al. 2015

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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Since 2004, the government of South Africa has issued a number of white papers calling for the development of a national e-education strategy. A recent study published in this journal (Mooketsi & Chigona, 2014) suggests that the current e-education strategy is not working for many communities in South Africa. This paper presents an alternative e-education strategy for South Africa known as the DREAMs plan (Digital Resources for Education And Mobility). The DREAMs plan proposes the following three conjectures. First, offline platforms are more important than online platforms for building a sustainable SA e-education strategy. Second, mobile technologies are more important than non-mobile technologies for building a sustainable SA e-education strategy. Third, sideloading cultures are more important than downloading cultures for building a sustainable SA e-education strategy. The paper finishes with some final thoughts on the place of dreaming and dreamers in the wider development agenda.

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“…Raiti (2006) reports the shortcomings of ICT4D research. Chepken et al (2012) categorizes ICT4D research into seven directions, i.e. domain area, discipline, region, target group, telecommunication, terminal device and research methods.…”

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Implication of Requirements Engineering in ICT4D Project Development

Hasan

2015

International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development

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The idea of Information and Communication Technology for development (ICT4D) has been gathering momentum since last decade. It contributes to the development of social, political, and economic growth of the underprivileged group of populations especially in the context of developing countries. Requirements Engineering (RE) is the most sensitive from all other activities involve in the ICT4D project development. This paper reports on a literature review of published ICT4D research and provides an analysis of the requirements design issues in ICT4D project development in terms of functional requirements, non-functional requirements, and user requirements. The analysis of this paper can serve the ICT4D researchers and practitioners as a means of understanding the requirements design issues in ICT4D project development.

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ICTD interventions

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

"You are asking me to pay for my legs"

"You are asking me to pay for my legs"

The Dreams Plan: A Blupoint Strategy for e‐Education Provision in South Africa

Implication of Requirements Engineering in ICT4D Project Development

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