Apr 3 2012 in Agriculture, Environment by GBI Portal
An initiative being co-led by Conservation International (CI), the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa and the Earth Institute (EI), Columbia University, has been launched with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Africa Monitoring System (AMS) tool will track, monitor and diagnose agricultural productivity, ecosystem health, and human [...]
Tags: africa, agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, BMGF, Columbia, Conservation, Earth Institute, environment, food security, Monitoring System, South Africa
Oct 14 2011 in Mobile by GBI Portal
I remember vividly carrying bundles of millions of Cedis (Ghanaian Currency) in my car about 9-10 years ago, and driving from Tamale (the Regional Capital) to the remote rural communities to pay local farmers for their seed cotton during marketing. You can imagine all the risks involved in carrying such a huge sum of money [...]
Tags: Bill and Melinda Gates, m-pesa, mobile banking, mobile money, Mobile Phones, Rural Women, USAID
