A photo essay on electronics disposal in Ghana: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/08/04/magazine/20100815-dump.html?ref=technology An article on ICTD failures: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/technology/17fail.html?src=busln
An another interesting one from an Africa blog on geocoding: http://www.owen.org/blog/3571
