StrAlter
On this section, please find posts, talks, business and technological trends in relation with our D.A.E.T.U.S matrix:
- Development of South-South trade
- Availability of drinkable water
- Energy: renewable, secure, uninterruptible, sustainable
- Transformation: small industries, manufactured items, processing of commodities
- Usage of ICTs to empower developing countries
- Strategy for your financial resources: islamic finance, mobile banking, tontines/crowdfunding/crowdlending, microcredit
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7 Advanced Technologies To End The Clean Water Crisis
Water is essential to human life — so much so that the United Nations suggests clean water access is a fundamental human right. The ultimate goal is for all countries to provide clean water to their citizens. Unfortunately, billions of people every year lack access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene...
How COVID-19 has affected water, sanitation, and hygiene
COVID-19 has posed detrimental impacts on quality, equity, and sustainability of services. Mitigating its negative impacts and using positive effects as leverage can increase the WASH sector’s resilience to future shocks...
Bank of Uganda issues first Islamic banking licence
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The Bank of Uganda granted its first Islamic banking licence on September 8. Salaam Bank Uganda, a subsidiary of a Djibouti-based bank, received the licence at the central bank’s offices from deputy governor Michael Atingi-Ego...
BRICS teases big move for 2024 – Is the world ready?
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As 2023 draws to a close, all eyes are on the BRICS economic alliance, a coalition that has been steadily gaining prominence on the global stage. After an ambitious expansion at their 2023 Summit, BRICS nations are hinting at a major announcement for 2024...
ICT4D
ICT4D (Information and Communications Technologies for Development) is a decentralized movement dedicated to making access to digital technologies more equitable, with the goals of bridging the digital divide and advancing global economic development. The United Nations, through its UN Development Programme (UNDP), has identified ICT4D as a force...
Delivering the full benefits of ICT to the developing world
Over recent years, there have been increasing opportunities for inhabitants of low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to use information and communication technologies (ICT). ICT can potentially help...
Liberia: Lack of Scientific Data Undermines Liberia's Fisheries Sector
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority (NaFAA) Director General Madam Emma Glassco says the lack of scientific data has undermined the performance of Liberia's fishery sector....