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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has made it possible to explore novel and innovative mechanisms to leap-frog socio-economic development in rural and marginalized communities. An ICT for development intervention called Siyakhula Living Lab (SLL) has been underway in Dwesa, a rural community in the Eastern Cape Province, for the past four years. The living lab methodology, which enables...
A growing proliferation of ICT4D interventions has necessitated the exploration of innovative solutions for the provisioning of eServices in rural, marginalized communities. The challenges currently faced in these interventions include: situating the developed applications within the cultural and ethnographic context of the target communities, integrating greater levels of granularity and flexibility...
Traditionally digital marginalization and exclusion were understood to be a factor of connectivity to the Internet, affordability of the technology, and the capability of the communities to utilize the technology. ICT for development (ICT4D) interventions have been undertaken that address these specific factors of marginalization, however, it remains that communities are still excluded from the global...
The digital divide is a term often used to describe differences between rich and poor communities. This term however is more encompassing than that, as it relates to the divide between those who have access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and those who don't. Due to the small screen size, and resulting small font size and low contrast supported by most mobile phones, the visually...
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