In a follow-up to the 2012 Students with Solutions mobile application contest aimed to involve Thai university students in the development sector, USAID recently highlighted contestants from the Mobile Solutions for Development contest at USAID regional headquarters in Bangkok. As opposed to the previous contest that emphasized Thai university engagement, this years contest was broadened […]

Mobile technology is often dominated by talk of social applications, gaming, publishing or e-commerce and seldom addresses technologies that directly assist social development. The Asian region boasts ample opportunity for social transformation aided by such innovative mobile technologies but is need of initiatives to promote and engage social development and the technology sector. Recognizing these […]