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Intern-ductions
Hi blog readers! My name is Cynthia Medina and I will be joining the NDI ICT team for the summer. My interest in ICT stems from my desire to combine my undergraduate background in International Relations and current graduate studies in… Read More
Lessons from NDI’s Google Apps Migration
A number of organizations and NDI partners around the world are considering a move to Google Apps. If you’re considering or planning a move to Google, here are a few of the key decisions and approaches that helped us steward a smooth migration…
Read MoreJob Post: ICT Program Officer
An experienced veteran of technology in politics or development? The NDItech team is looking for you!
We are recruiting for a senior position on our team - ICT Program Officer. NDItech program officers…
NDI’s Move to Google Apps
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Last weekend NDI migrated off of the on-premise Exchange infrastructure we've used for almost a decade to Google Apps. It has been an interesting process leading up what we coined "Switch Weekend" - May 28-30 – Memorial Day holiday weekend in the…
Read MoreJob Post: ICT Program Assistant
The NDItech team is recruiting a Program Assistant - one of the world's best entry-level jobs for technologists interested in human rights and international affairs.
Our program assistants have a chance to work on the the stratagy, design…
Read MoreiHeart iHub
Today I visited Nairobi's iHub. To my mind it's the poster-child for everything encouraging about tech for development in the global South. You've got:
- Savvy local developers, some novices and some…
Hunting (Developers) in Kenya
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I'm currently in Kenya working with NDI's Somalia program* spinning up a communications platform to better link Somalis split between various regions of their country, living as refugees in Kenya, or having traveled to join the diaspora around…
Read MoreA New US International Strategy for Cyberspace?
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This afternoon the USG dropped its new international strategy for our beloved series of tubes. This morning we joined other Internet and policy watchers for a special advance briefing on the strategy and a chance to ask questions. Suffice to say…
Read MoreHigh Tech Voting in a Low-Tech Country
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Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent Nigerian Election Commission, spoke at SAIS on Nigeria's largely successful elections last month. It was a…
Read MoreNDItech is Looking for an Intern
NDItech is hiring an intern! If you are a regular reader of this blog you have a pretty good idea of the wide range of technologies and techniques we get to play with supporting NDI's partner organizations abroad in 70-some countries. It's our job… Read More