Open Technology Millennials

[chris macrae]

Some of the greatest advances for the human lot are being connected by millennials who are:

tech wizatrds

working on open source apps or supporting microfranchsie replication

Moreover worldwide trades linked by such networks are some of the simplest ecamples of way above zero sum collaborations- a most empowering stream of the whole net generation but one that macroeconomists still do not count  (partially or wholly)

Let's begin our catalogue with 3 cases illustrating the diversity of this dynamic

Kenya's IHUB -

Dhaka's Intel Social Business focused on DT

MIT's Labs

[chris macrae]

Grameen Intel DT A team of about 25 Bangladesh tech wizards are employed by Grameen Intel  to focus on social benefits of DT - thats when huge databases are made simple for small business people to interrogate for expert patterns.  Two broad practice areas prioritised by Grameen Intel are eAGRI and eMedic

As of fall 2014 eagri cases are most advanced:

-see curriculum of rice which features case of GI's partnership with cambodia, usaid and IFAD in attempting to triple cambodia's rice exports withing 3 years by including efforts of samm farm-holders ( this who can gain most from previously being connected to customised information  -see The Economist 1978 survey on how sharing knowledge over rice farming can be one of the most cheerful collaborations in advancing developing countries . Note rice accounts for about 60% of developing people's staple diet.  -related: 'it worlds most exciting curricula - number 1 the Rice Race'

GI have worked on a database of Nabard (the world's an India's largest agricultural microcredit with over 30 million members). Again the service reduces the huge database to 5 to 10 variables around which small farmers can profile their farm and work out optimal patterns of eg fertisliser and irrigation . An interesting general finding in Inda is that farmers are using too much fertiliser