Development Informatics Seminars, University of Manchester, Feb/Mar 2012

Centre for Development Informatics
Research Seminars - February/March 2012

The Centre for Development Informatics
(www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk<http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/>) would like to
invite you join in our research seminars over the coming semester. The
seminars are free and open to all; no booking is required:


Tuesday 7th February - 1-2pm

MIS Failure in a Developing Country: Lessons from a Tanzanian NGO
Gerald Mwanyika - IT Consultant, CINGstudio

Harold Hankins building room 10.02


Tuesday 14th February - 1-2pm

Managing Electronic Waste: The case of Indian software industries
Logakanthi Subramanian - School of Planning, University of Manchester

Harold Hankins building room 10.05


Tuesday 21st February - 1-2pm

Examining Inclusive Innovation: A study of micro-entrepreneurs in the Kenyan
mobile phone sector
Christopher Foster - IDPM, University of Manchester

Harold Hankins building room 10.05


Tuesday 28th February - 1-2pm

Mobile Bankless Banking as a Social Business: The case of E-MASARY in Egypt
Mostafa Mohamed - MBS, University of Manchester

Harold Hankins building room 10.02

Tuesday 6th March - 1-2pm

Innovation for Sustainability: Telecentres and mobile phones for development
Harsha Liyanage - ICT4D Consultant, eNovation

Harold Hankins building room 10.05


Tuesday 13th March - 1-2pm

Gross National Happiness and ICTs
Prof. Richard Heeks - IDPM, University of Manchester

Harold Hankins building room 10.05


Organised by
Mostafa Mohamed (MBS), Angelica Ospina (IDPM), Christopher Foster (IDPM)

The Harold Hankins Building is building no.30 on campus map:
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/medialibrary/maps/campusmap.pdf; entrance via
first floor of Precinct Centre opposite the old Post Office.  For travel
details, see: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/travel/

The Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) at the University of Manchester
researches the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
socio-economic development.  It is a multidisciplinary centre principally made
up of researchers from Manchester Business School and the School of
Environment and Development.