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15th Dec 2017
Odisha government distributes 60,000 mobile phones to farmers
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1st Sep 2017
One in five children face online abuse. This is how parents can fight back
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19th Dec 2014
From an angel round of INR 10 Crores to INR 100 Crores revenue, Mobiliya is nothing short of an outlier
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22nd Jan 2009
Checking in on CGAP and Branchless Banking
When I heard that Gautam Ivatury of CGAP would be at NYU’s “From Innovation to Impact” Conference, I thought it would be a great time to follow up with my previous interview with him. While he did not...
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8th Dec 2008
Changing the Face of Public Health: Click Diagnostics
This winter, through the gracious support of the Social Equity Venture Fund (S.E.VEN), I will be working in Cairo, Egypt with Click Diagnostics, a mobile tele-health social enterprise venture that rec...
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16th Oct 2008
2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge
USAID and Global Development Commons have announced the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge. The competition beckons participants to come up with an idea to use mobile technology for social good. In ...
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27th Sep 2008
Solar-Powered Wireless Router Offers Opportunities in Technology
We post a lot of contest opportunities on TC-I, but the really interesting part is when the winners are announced and new ideas are revealed. Last November, ASSET (Achieving Sustainable Social Equalit...
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20th Aug 2008
Making condoms cooler through cellphones
It’s definitely an out of box and innovative idea, and could be just what is needed to make the word ‘condom’ more socially acceptable in India. The BBC World Service Trust has launched a condom ringt...
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13th Aug 2008
Thumbs up, thumbs down for Microfinance
Thumbs up: Obopay and Grameen Solutions partner together to provide microfinance services to clients. The initiative will be called the “Bank A Billion Initiative.”> The premise of the project is to p...
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13th May 2008
Using Regulation to promote Social Business: The case of IRDA
Livemint reports that India’s insurance companies (private and state-owned) are expanding rapidly in rural markets, and have topped the IRDA’s mandatory rural targets.Insurance Regulatory and Developm...
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2nd May 2008
Cellphone Company + Fertilizer Company = Cool Idea
IFFCO Kisan Sanchar (IKSL) is a unique partnership between India’s largest mobile operator, Airtel and Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO). According to the brief on iGovernment:> IFFCO Kisa...
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25th Apr 2008
Cellphones and (Rural) Development, Part Two
The agricultural sector employs 2/3 of India’s population, and contributes to 1/3 of its gross domestic product (GDP) – yet, Indian farmers in rural communities are plagued by debt, falling commodity ...
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