Mobile phones and news journalism in Africa

Four in 10 people in Africa own a mobile phone – and the use of mobiles, particularly for news journalism, is in many ways ahead of the West, reports The Guardian.
Since internet penetration is still rather limited in many parts of Africa (although rapidly growing), mobile phones play an even more important role and is [...]

End world hunger now

There are more hungry people in the world than ever before, with a historic high of over one billion undernourished people. A majority are rural poor living in developing countries.
Lack of food is not the problem – poverty is. Natural disasters, gender inequality, conflict, lack of access to land for the world’s poor, economic crises, [...]

Social media plays increasingly important role during emergencies

According to a recent report by the American Red Cross, people are increasingly using social media to get (and share) information in situations of emergency.
In a summary of the Red Cross study, the ReadWriteWeb blog reports that many internet users have used or would use social media to seek help for themselves or others in [...]

Bill Gates: In Five Years The Best Education Will Come From The Web

“Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world,” says Bill Gates. “It will be better than any single university.”
He believes the $50,000 a year university education could be done via the web for as little as $2,000.

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Traffic Safety in Pakistan Teacher Training

In the Teacher Training assignment about Social Entrepreneurship Babar Maqbool Khan, Faisal Public School focused on traffic safety.
The best way to engage learners is by injecting fun into learning. SO, I decided for the awareness of traffic rules to learners, we and give them one task. For the junior group, they will clean the roads. [...]