Sander van Hooft

While ICTs are driving globalization, tourism has been rising to become one of the largest industries worldwide. It can be argued that those deprived of access to ICTs, the world wide web in particular, are also deprived of the opportunity to participate in this global market. Hence, the poor remain poor because of this digital divide. The ICT4D movement (Information and Communication Technologies for Development – I like to say “ICT for socioeconomic Development”) aims to close this digital divide in various ways, such as providing the required tools and knowledge. » Read the rest of this entry «

A quick post to satisfy your hungry minds… I have been unable to maintain this blog lately, however I’m planning to post again more frequently. Let’s start with a quick-and-dirty update (I will fill you in with the specifics later on). Since my last post, I:

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As mentioned before, the past months I’ve been working on my Bachelor Thesis (Information Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands), and I can now proudly announce it’s accepted in its final version. To my supervisor Luca Consoli: Thank You!

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While working on a project in Ethiopia as part of my study programme, I discovered the large potentials of ICT4D. I will post more about this topic, but before I continue babbling on… what exactly is it? » Read the rest of this entry «

Yes, I did try to start blogging before. But no, unfortunately I was not that much inspired to spend my time writing frequently. However, the last period just turned out to be one of huge inspiration.

While finishing my study Information Science at the Radboud University of Nijmegen (that’s the Netherlands), I am coming across very diverse fields of expertise: ICT, management studies, development studies, anthropology. ICT as an enabler for development (ICT4D) seems to be more and more interesting. » Read the rest of this entry «