In recent years the mobile phone has emerged as the main modern communications link for rural areas of Africa. From 2002 to 2007, the number of Kenyans using cellphones grew almost tenfold to reach about a third of the population, many of whom did not have land lines, according to the International Telecommunication Union. moreKevin Walkernoreply@blogger.com0

How can so many people be hungry when farmers produce enough food, at least in theory, to feed every person on the planet?The answers are complex and involve everything from American farm politics and African corruption to war, poverty, climate change and drought, which is now the single most common cause of food shortages on the planet. moreKevin Walkernoreply@blogger.com0

Mobile phones now easily outnumber fixed lines in many developing countries, spurring telecom providers to roll out mobile services tailored to these customers. One of the most striking examples is mobile banking in Africa, particularly after the success of mobile payment services like M-Pesa in Kenya, a country counting some 15 million handsets today compared with only 15,000 ten years ago. moreKevin Walkernoreply@blogger.com0

UC San Diego-based Playpower Project Receives $180K MacArthurDigital Media and Learning Grant. Details hereKevin Walkernoreply@blogger.com0