The Global Development Commons congratulates Pascal Katana, a Fourth Year Student at the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering at the University of Nairobi, Kenya on his two new inventions which will enhance food security and renewable energy usage.

Sensing is just one way in which mobiles are used in environmental protection. Another promising area is wildlife protection in sensitive areas where humans and animals collide, often to the detriment of protected animals.

Imagine a dozen thought leaders from the technology and development fields in the UN Foundation conference room, all expressing ideas and options on how to expand ICT's - in this case mobile phone coverage - in the developing world.

The industry set to unveil its latest innovations that it hopes will drive demand through the global economic downturn.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) one of the United Nations systems is an organization that works to bring communication technologies and capacity to the globe, focusing on radio communication, standardization, and development.

During the recent Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellows boot camp in Camden, Maine, I had the pleasure of sharing a cabin with Erik Hersman of White African, AfriGadget and Ushahidi fame.

PEPFAR’S Phones for Health initiative works to develop ICT and mobile technology solutions to health groups and government actors working on public health challenges. Mobile phone technology can enable great advances in dealing with health challenges by improving data sharing and making information easily and readily available to program managers and health care service providing working and living in remote locations.