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Digital Dividend Digest vol. 41
April 14, 2004
CONTENTS
1. “Selling to the Poor”: New
Article to be Published in Foreign Policy Magazine
2. New in the Digital Dividend
Clearinghouse: Tianjin Women's Business Incubator, Metropolitan
Web, ComICT Centre
3 . Special Opportunities:
New Media Awards, Open Access Publishing Grants
1. “Selling to the Poor”: New Article
to be Published in Foreign Policy Magazine
A new article by Digital Dividends’ Director,
Allen
Hammond, and Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business
Administration at the University of Michigan Business School,
C.K.
Prahalad, entitled "Selling to the Poor," will
be published as a lead essay in the upcoming issue of Foreign
Policy magazine. The May/June issue will be available at newsstands
on April 20 and the next volume of the Digest will feature
a link to the online edition.
2. New in the Digital
Dividend Clearinghouse: Tianjin Women's Business Incubator,
Metropolitan Web, ComICT Centre
Ten new projects have been entered since the last Digest.
Among the highlights:
Tianjin Women's Business Incubator
The Tianjin Women's Business Incubator (TWBI) assists
female entrepreneurs in a variety of fields in Tianjin, China.
Its ICT strategy involves the development of hardware and
software to better serve clients while improving staff efficiency.
In addition to internal ICT strategies, TWBI has a Web site
with moderated chat rooms and forums as well as e-commerce
storefronts for local small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Metropolitan Web
The Metropolitan Web is an innovative concept that hopes to
enable the circumvention of traditional telecom infrastructures
and, as a result, bring connectivity and IT services to the
broadest possible market. It harnesses the power of 802.16
and 802.20 wireless and Voice over IP (VoIP) technologies
to provide typical telecom services (high speed Internet,
mobile telephony, e-commerce, and e-learning) for a fraction
of today's prices.
ComICT Centre
The ComICT Centre is being established by the Cameroonian
NGO Helps International (HINT). It will serve the Buea Rural
Community, providing ICT training at no cost to those between
the ages of 10 and 30. Students from the computer science
department of the University of Buea will serve as instructors
for the training programs.
3. Special Opportunities: New
Media Awards,
Open Access Publishing Grants
New
Media Awards: The New Statesman Magazine, in conjunction
with Atos Origin, a major provider of IT and business services
to the UK government, announces the New Media Awards 2004.
This year's awards focus on the themes of innovation, efficiency,
and modernization. Two types of awards are available. One,
an essay prize, will be awarded to the best essay of no more
than 1,500 words on the theme of: “How new media communications
improve local community life.” The second type of award
encompasses a variety of categories, including civic renewal,
modernizing government, elected representative, best secondary
school ICT project, best primary school ICT project, community
and information, and innovation. The essay prize has a May
1 submission deadline; nominations for the other awards close
May 31. Award winners will be announced at a gala event in
London and will be featured in a special section of New Statesman.
Open
Access Publishing Grants: The Open Society Institute
and the Public Library of Science (PLoS) recently established
a grants program to support open access publishing in developing
and transition countries. The grants will enable scientists
based in 50 least-developed countries to submit articles to
the premiere peer-reviewed research journals published by
PLoS. The journals are available free of charge online, but
are largely subsidized by fees paid by authors for publication
of their article submissions, which are out of reach for many
developing country scientists. Grant recipients will qualify
for publication-charge waivers and other related benefits.
Eligible entries must be engaged in biological and/or medical
sciences research. Funding decisions are made quarterly, with
upcoming application deadlines of April 15, June 15, September
15, and December 15.
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