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Episode 01

Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations

We speak with Dr. Matti Pohjonen about Research & Technology in Hard to Reach Locations.

Matti is an academic at the intersection of digital anthropology, philosophy and data science. His work developing innovative research methods for hard-to-reach populations has taken him from Kenya and Ethiopia, to India. Now back at SOAS he is the Convenor of MA Global Media & Post National Communications course, and a Lecturer in Global Digital Media.

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Resources:

Learn more about Matti’s work at: http://www.matti-pohjonen.com

For a view on how the internet is experienced globally. And also how some countries are creating their own versions of Google and Facebook. Read Almost 50% of the world is online. What about the other 50%? On The Guardian website.

For more on the opportunities and implications of tech corporations investing in developing countries, read the Wall Street Journal article Facebook Pushes Into Africa.

Read more about India’s billion dollar startups in the Bloomberg article India Has Already Hit Record Number of $1 Billion Startups This Year.

The BBC article Is blockchain living up to the hype? questions whether the Bitcoin revolution has come to fruition. And some limitations of the technology.

Finally, just how much potential does Bitcoin have in Africa? Venture Beat covers the emergence of Blockchain in Africa. And what all the excitement is about. Read here.