Ict4d

AYM

Identifying, connecting, and supporting youth activists from around the world who use technology to organize for social change.
295,773 followers |

Nieman Lab

The Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University: Trying to figure out the future of news.
74,350 followers |

John Moore

Founder and CEO of @GovInTheLab and @CitizensLab, trying to bridge divide between citizens, politicians, and govies. Politics, open gov, human rights.
42,356 followers |

Global Voices

Calling attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizen media around the world. Tweets: @emmab33 (^EB) @kthread (^KT)
31,863 followers |

Girl Up

A @unfoundation campaign: Uniting girls to change the world.
26,362 followers |

Ushahidi

We are a non-profit tech company that specializes in developing free and open source software for information collection,visualization and interactive mapping.
22,541 followers |

Berkman Center

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University - exploring cyberspace, sharing in its study, and helping to pioneer its development
16,295 followers |

CGD

The Center for Global Development is a policy research organization dedicated to reducing global poverty. Experts on Twitter: http://bit.ly/s5Yr9j.
14,268 followers |

CodeLesson

CodeLesson is instructor-led online technology learning for professionals.
12,051 followers |

MobileActive

A Global Network of People Using Mobile Phones for Social Impact. Also follow our other projects: @safermobile and @mobilemediakit.
10,074 followers |

Liberationtech

How ICTs foster/hinder freedom, democracy, human rights, development (ICT4D, M4D & ICT4E), governance (Gov20, OpenGov) & activism. RT/post/FF ≠ endorsement.
9,668 followers |

Ken Banks

Mobile technologist. Anthropologist. Conservationist. Tech Awards Laureate 2009. National Geographic 2010 Emerging Explorer. Founder: kiwanja.net @FrontlineSMS
9,155 followers |

Patrick Meier

Crowdsourcerer (PhD): iRevolution, Ushahidi, Crisis Mapping, Early Warning, New Media, Mobile Tech, Digital Activism, Civil Resistance, Complex Systems
6,779 followers |

African Entrepreneur

African Tech Entrepreneur. Tweet about technology in Africa, Corruption and African politics. Blog about the daily reality of doing business in Africa.
6,437 followers |

e-Agriculture

A global initiative to enhance sustainable agricultural development & food security by improving the use of information and communication technologies
6,194 followers |

Elasti Girl

Euro. chica. mobile. curious. fearless. pugnacious. Got boots.
6,178 followers |

FrontlineSMS \o/

The free, award-winning open source SMS platform empowering non-profit organisations the world over since 2005. Tweets by the team.
6,123 followers |

Appropedia.org

Sharing Knowledge to Build Rich, Sustainable Lives. Practices & technology for green living and effective development. Tweets mostly by Chris
5,988 followers |

ICT4D

Interesting news around Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) (Photo: http://bit.ly/4oRdrV) also here @ckreutz
5,163 followers |

AltrUHelp

Share your altruistic acts & the causes you support. Engage your employees in #CSR. A social network to change the world. @Masschallenge Finalist.
5,080 followers |

katherine maher

tech for development, democracy, and human rights, with some other things too. kinda obsessed with MENA. all views my own.
4,994 followers |

ICT_Works

Inveneo ICTWorks: Expertise in sustainable ICTs for the developing world
4,980 followers |

Games for Change

Games for Change facilitates the creation and distribution of social impact games. Follow news on our latest Festival #G4C12
4,870 followers |

My ICT Cloud

4,580 followers |

Maneno

Free, open-source blogging service with an African focus, in African languages. Tweets on media, ICT4D & language in Africa.
3,962 followers |

Elana Leoni

Passionate about change in education. I tweet abt edtech, social media, open source (I'm a Drupal nerd!), SEO, & EdReform. My tweets are my own :)
3,779 followers |

TechChange

We train leaders to use tech for sustainable social change. #ICT4D #EdTech and much much more. Tweets by @ncmart & @thomandini
3,760 followers |

Ian Thorpe

Knowledge manager, international development worker, suburban dad. Tweets represent my views, not my organization's etc.
3,550 followers |

mHealth Alliance

The mHealth Alliance mobilizes innovation to deliver quality health at the furthest reaches of wireless networks and mobile devices.
3,548 followers |

Linda Raftree

Tweets & links about ICT4D, youth and community development work, governance, smart aid, travel, life and sometimes capoeira. [personal acct]
3,536 followers |

DigiActive

A World of Digital Activists... Tweets by @AfriNomad and friends.
2,907 followers |

jean-patrick ehouman

Native:Ivorian. living:France. Software architect, blogger-Speaker-Writer. Founder at AllDenY & AkenDewA. Promoting tech-mobile in Africa. Tweeting in FR & EN
2,597 followers |

eric gundersen

it is shocking how much open data will fix things
2,499 followers |

Tony Roberts

Founder & ex CEO of computeraid.org co-founder of coda-international.org.uk & founding trustee of BOND.org.uk currently PhD student researching ICT4D
2,493 followers |

Emily Turrettini

Following cell phone usage and social media news from around the world.
2,427 followers |

ICT Dev

Technology in Solidarity: News from the ICT4D world
2,145 followers |

Tech at State

Connecting technologists to targeted goals of the U.S. diplomacy and development agenda via networking events that combine physical and virtual presence.
2,008 followers |

Wayan Vota

Exploring the intersection of technology and development
1,961 followers |

Emagister

Emagister is all about learning: communities, experts, courses and lots more. If you have any questions @EmagisterHelp. Happily managed by @jenlovisa
1,702 followers |

iKNOW Politics

International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics provides resources, expertise, knowledge creation on women’s political participation.Tweets by @piyookochar
1,699 followers |

CivicActions

Geeks For Good. Open Source Web and Mobile Technologies to Empower Non-Profits, Foundations & Mission-Based Companies.
1,697 followers |

Eduardo Jezierski

I believe in the power of technology to augment human society. CTO of InSTEDD: doing iLabs + agile & open source tech & svcs in Asia, Africa and Americas
1,619 followers |

Josef M. Scarantino

Interested in intl education & development, #OER, microfinance, music creation, & global technology use. Strategic Technology Manager for @saylordotorg
1,579 followers |

Tariq Khokhar

Open Data Evangelist at The World Bank. Technology, poverty, development, design and data. Some statistics and swearing.
1,562 followers |

Inveneo

Inveneo gets the tools of information communications technology (ICT) to those who need it most — people and organizations in the developing world.
1,523 followers |

web2fordev

1,396 followers |

Christina Jordan

Ashoka fellow (E. Africa) in a former life, Evolutionize It (Belgium) is my latest global gig for good. I'm practicing to be an angel when I grow up.
1,389 followers |

The Road to...

Addicted traveller, serial expat, passionate aid worker, Called NutCase by most.
1,381 followers |

Michaela Hackner

Online storytelling, content/web strategy, photography, travel, puppy-wrangling - all in the hopes of giving back the best of myself to the world.
1,352 followers |

Text to Change

Mobile Phones - Health, Education, Economic development, Transparency - Specialized in Interactive and Incentive based SMS Programs - Africa & South America
1,244 followers |

joitske

I tweet about social learning, informal learning, communities, innovation. I as fascinated by the way social media changes learning - Dutch and English tweets
1,136 followers |

Benjamin Phillips

veteran, lacanian, pedestrian. #custserv w/@IVAWSF @OO_Media @VetsHelpingVets @ReturningVetsSF @FollowBAMN . i do not tweet as a representative of any org.
1,105 followers |

James BonTempo

Thought Leader, ICT4D, for Jhpiego, a global health non-profit affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
1,022 followers |

NDItech

10+ years of technology for democracy. Tweets by @cdoten, @becklindsay et al.
1,006 followers |

Michael Riggs

building communities 4 action; improving ICT processes; powering humanity with technology; ICT/KM student & mentor; wanderer & seeker; e-Agriculture team leader
993 followers |

Kelechi Anyadiegwu

Grad student at Carnegie-Mellon University, HCII, seeking a position in interaction design + social impact. Interests include #ICT4D #HCI #UX #socent #nptech
973 followers |

The Indigo Trust

A charity fighting information inequality, through innovative approaches to ICT4D.
915 followers |

Coders4Africa

Community Benefiting organization whose goal is to provide professional training & certification on a variety of platforms to 1,000 African programmers by 2016.
796 followers |

maps4aid

Raising #VAW Awareness by Tracking & Mapping Reports of Violence Against Women in India. #Ushahidi #stopvaw http://www.blogs4aid.com
776 followers |

Becky Band Jain

Communications specialist into social media for good, ICT4D/NPTech. @ishafoundation meditator, @wiserearth enthusiast. Former expat, Indo- & Francophile.
760 followers |

PambazukaPress

This account is closing shortly. Visit @pambazuka for the latest in pan-African news and publications. Thank you!
700 followers |

Elsbeth, pidder.com

Strongly encrypted communication. Can be used anonymously. Private Social Network. Identity-& PWD-manager. Privacy on the net. Reach us at support@pidder.com
641 followers |

Ruen Govinder

Believer in social media for social good. Helping NGOs navigate the digital world. And mom to a 2-year old geek girl. #ICT4D
630 followers |

Leonard Raphael

Entrepreneur, IT & Telecom Professional -- www.bribenigeria.com ---- www.nificon.org
602 followers |

IREX

We're the tech team for an NGO managing projects that use technology to help citizens around the world improve their lives.
568 followers |

amiliarose

I try to stay amused but there's room for improvement. Yogi craving knowledge/health/progress...fun weaves in&out. Implementing Enterprise Applications @the_USO
544 followers |

ICT4D Jester

Ex-computer scientist, part-time Luddite, and full-time reforming ICT4D researcher (currently on Step 5 of the 12-step program)
516 followers |

CodeNow.Org

CodeNow teaches underrepresented high school students foundational skills in computer programming in hopes of creating the next great technology pioneers.
498 followers |

Nathan Nelson

Bipedal carbon based life form obsessed with int'l development, WATSAN, tech, environment, travel, food, SE Asia, writing, photography, connecting. For hire.
486 followers |

Saman Nizami

work in int'l development. tweet about south asia, global health, education, ict4d, poverty, disaster response, & social enterprise (w/ the occasional randoms).
460 followers |

mHealthEd

The first dedicated conference on the emerging phenomenon of mobile Health Education.Takes place on June 6th in Cape Town, South Africa.
460 followers |

Deepa Mungara

Physicians. iPad EHR. Free. @drchrono. http://drchrono.com Join us! https://drchrono.com/jobs/
456 followers |

Mobile4Good

OneWorld's Mobile4Good products give vulnerable people access to the small but critical bits of information they need to improve their lives.
455 followers |

Lotta Rydstrom

ICT4D geek working for Transparency International Sweden. In love with the African continent in general and Mozambique in particular. DM 4 info.
449 followers |

Erin Mote

an AZ girl in DCs big city of politics and policy. tweets are my own opinion from @erinmoteshead
440 followers |

Joel Selanikio

Pediatrician, technologist, epidemiologist, social entrepreneur, Lemelson-MIT winner, & CEO & co-founder at DataDyne, maker of EpiSurveyor mobile data software.
394 followers |

CIYR!

Advocating for our human right to communicate and access an open internet. Use #commismyright to share #netfreedom and media activism actions @MeraSB tweeting
380 followers |

Adele Waugaman

Optimistic realist. Using technology for social good. Strengthening multilateral diplomacy.
378 followers |

Matthias Wevelsiep

Advisor at Crisis Management Initiative (www.cmi.fi). Works on ICT in post-conflict situations, ICT and peacebuilding, ICT4D, social media, human rights.
309 followers |

Elisabetta

Investigative Journalist @ United Nations, CrisisMapper @ SIPA / New Media Initiative
300 followers |

Mauro

Multicultural Marketing + Public Policy. Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule. - Buddha.
268 followers |

GBI Program

226 followers |

samir

Construction Engineer & Farmer | Founder @maps4aid & blogs4aid.com | #VAW #Ushahidi #FrontlineSMS #ICT4D #Health #Education #Child
168 followers |

Agnes Lesage-Possolo

Ex-Aid Worker, Online Communications Specialist, in Lesotho. Focused on ICT for non-profits Communication & Operations #nptech #Ict4d #m4d #Crisimapping
162 followers |

Angie Peltzer

Social Activist using technology to connect, collaborate, and create change
98 followers |

Vikram Surya

Love information theory, comp sci, programming, IT, startups, open govt, green tech, yoga, spirituality, volunteerism & activism.
84 followers |

TechAide

TechAide is founded from the drive and quest to empower communities and institutions with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Development.
71 followers |

Carolyn Florey

Intl development consultant. SAIS grad student. Interested in ICT4D, design innovation & social entrepreneurship.
59 followers |

eAgri

The e-Agri group focusses on how “e-” technologies can fundamentally address the future global challenges to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Awareness.
39 followers |

numinarium

10 followers |

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