Displaying items by tag: Developing countries

In the “pandemic age” of telehealth and new technologies, remote site lab or point-of-care (POC) testing of biofluids is a potentially "rapid and non-invasive way" to test for most diseases - including COVID-19 - say scientists at South Australia’s Flinders University.

Listed enterprise software company TechnologyOne and the Australian arm of global non-profit organisation Opportunity International have helped 12,000 children living in poverty through their philantrophic partnership with the goal of ultimately reaching 500,000 children and their families in need.

The US-based global Information Technology and Innovation Foundation research and educational institute claims that joining the Information Technology Agreement — an international pact eliminating tariffs on hundreds of information and communications technology products — could boost the economies of developing countries by billions of dollars.

The continued roll-out of mobile microfinance services will lead to a surge in financial inclusion in some of the world’s most deprived regions, according to a new report from global firm Juniper Research.

Nano-satellite company Sky and Space Global has signed an agreement with SocialEco, the company behind the $1 smartphone for developing countries, to explore potential markets, products and commercial opportunities to bring together SocialEco’s $1 smartphone and its own satellite network coverage in under-served and remote locations.

Inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee has joined forces with tech giants Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others in a bid to make Internet access more affordable in less-developed countries.