Digital Divide Data News
ICT Board Recognizes DDD at Connected Kenya Summit
DDD Kenya, Ltd. was presented with the Vision 2030 award for Best BPO
Posted on 12.04.09 at 6:21 PM by Digital Divide Data
DDD Kenya was recognized as the best firm doing Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) work at the Connected Kenya Summit. The Summit is organized by the Kenya ICT Board in consultation with industry players and key government decision makers. It aims to establish a platform for collaboration, capacity building and priority sharing between government and the IT sector with a view of linking and hastening implementation of government IT projects to world class standards.
The awards recognize and celebrate Kenyans who have developed ICT solutions that drive economic growth and social development as outlined in Kenya’s Vision 2030. They were presented by Mugo Kibati who explained, “Encouraging local innovation is critical for Kenya to achieve Vision 2030. There are a lot of young people who come up with brilliant innovations but it goes to waste if the ideas are not monetized.” Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary of Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications was present to congratulate the winners.
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Cisco Powers Expansion of Kenyan Digital Media Enterprise
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The Global Journal Lists DDD Among Top 100 NGOs
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Silicon Valley group provides tech training in the developing world
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DDD wins Award for Best Employment Creation Initiative in Asia
The eAsia Awards have the aim of acknowledging unique and innovative initiatives in the use of Information and Communication Technology for Development.
DDD Enables Launch of British Newspaper Archive
The Archive has scanned millions of pages of historic newspaper and made them available online for the first time ever. Digital Divide Data supported brightsolid to conduct the digitization process that made this possible.
Kenyan Libraries Offer eBooks Digitized by DDD
The Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) is providing access to rare books, government reports and past newspapers. Digital Divide Kenya has digitized a series of publications allowing readers to access this local content in remote locations.
DDD Bids Farewell to Laos Founder: Mai Siriphongpanh
This month we say a fond goodbye to Mai Siriphongphanh, DDD’s Chief People Officer, who after 9 years is moving on to a new challenge in Laos. Mai will remain on DDD’s Board of Directors as she begins her new social enterprise venture with a jewelry company based in Vientiane. We spent some time talking to Mai about her experience starting our operations in Laos, what she has learned about leadership effectiveness, staff development and the motivation to succeed.
DDD Converts Data for Cambodia’s Poverty Survey
Nine rural provinces, 735 communes, 4,192 villages, up to 250,000 households and 1,000,000 people: these are the dimensions of DDD’s most recent data entry contract. On November 1st, DDD’s data management operators began to convert handwritten paper surveys collected from Cambodia’s poorest rural households into digital form.
Outsourcing Is Not Evil: David Bornstein writes follow up piece in The New York Times
It’s hard to argue against making these opportunities available — particularly through social enterprises that are mission-driven and offer people work that is a stepping stone to a better life.
