The article uses a conceptual framework to review empirical evidence and some 180 articles
related to the opportunities and threats of Big Data Analytics for international development …

Financial inclusion, or providing access to and active use of affordable financial products to
the 2 billion unbanked adults globally, can facilitate individual prosperity, reduce poverty …

Food is an important determinant of health, featuring prominently in the Sustainable
Development Goals. The term “big data” is seldom used in relation to food, partly because …

Mobile phones have reached some of the most remote parts of the globe. They offer
opportunities to improve the delivery of services to farmers in developing countries, for …

This exploratory investigation presents a case study of the deployment of an mHealth
service in established public clinics, and assesses the findings using Activity Theory. We …

International airtime top-up transfers enable prepaid mobile phone users to send top-ups
and data bundles to users in other countries, as well as make payments, in real time. These …

Navigating the turbulent waters of data and algorithms, in order to participate in today's
datafied society, requires a series of transversal skills. Educators, students and citizens need …

People are leaving their digital footprint everywhere as they move from one cell tower
coverage to another in terms of Call Detail Records (CDR). This huge and variant data can …

While the ICT for Development (ICTD) community is well aware about the far-reaching
changes introduced by the digital age, it is remarkably slowly getting used to the idea that …

The mobile communications market in developing countries is growing at a rapid rate. This
is evident in the rapid spread of mobile broadband cellular networks such as 3G. 4G is also …