{"id":7870,"date":"2026-08-04T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2026-07-21T09:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:18:25","slug":"ict4d-subreddit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2026\/08\/ict4d-subreddit\/","title":{"rendered":"The ICT4D subreddit has been restarted!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/redditschmoos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/redditschmoos.jpg\" alt=\"nine reddit emojis\" class=\"wp-image-7751\" style=\"width:314px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/redditschmoos.jpg 396w, https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/redditschmoos-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ICT4D\/\">The ICT4D subreddit<\/a> (an online community on Reddit) was started in 2011 by someone &#8211;  not me. But it was abandoned in 2017. Nothing has been submitted to this posting for posting since 2018 &#8211; until now. I stumbled upon it a while back and went through the official process to take it over as moderator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ICT4D\/\">The ICT4D subreddit<\/a> is being restarted as of today, June 15, 2026. It&#8217;s new description is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>ICT4D stands for Information &amp; Communication Technologies (ICT) for Development. ICT4D refers to the application of ICT to economic development, humanitarian aid &amp; development, &amp; to causes that help empower a particular demographic or all people to address challenges, have greater access to education, protect their environment, etc. It is a term popularized by various United Nations initiatives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Examples of ICT4D:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Activities to help build the digital literacy skills of an underserved group (seniors, women living in rural areas, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A computer lab open to the public at a public library.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An app to help refugees navigate various challenges.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Farmers working with drones and GIS to gather information that can help estimate crop yields with real-time satellite data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An app that allows people to track and report on birds in people&#8217;s yards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Producing IT materials in local languages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Smart phones used to organize activists in real time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you applying ICTs to economic development, humanitarian aid &amp; development, &amp;\/or to causes that help empower a particular demographic or all people to address challenges, have greater access to education, protect their environment, etc.? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ICT4D\/\">This subreddit<\/a> is a place to talk about that. Please write your testimonial yourself &amp; remember that AI should assist your writing, but not author it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Up-to-date statistics about the digital divide and recent information about ICT4D-related initiatives are also welcomed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve had a focus on ICT4D since before I knew it had an acronym. And was it really 25 years ago that I was in my first year working at a United Nations agency, directing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/unov\/\">UN Online Volunteering service<\/a> and helping to manage the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/unites\/\">United Nations Information Technology Service<\/a>? Wow. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICT4D subreddit (an online community on Reddit) was started in 2011 by someone &#8211; not me. But it was abandoned in 2017. Nothing has been submitted to this posting for posting since 2018 &#8211; until now. 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