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Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2015: Media, Foreign Policy and Great Stories
Written by Kapell
Exactly one month after suffering a lumbar disc herniation I seriously hesitated when receiving Deutsche Welle’s invitation to travel all the way to Germany for the Global Media Forum (GMF) 2015. Today, after surviving two 13 hour flights and back home in Mexico I certainly believe it was a great […]
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Kapell
Mexican internationalist from ITAM and current Information Management graduate student at the University of Washington (Fulbright and Conacyt scholarships). Half time consultant for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Competitive Intelligence Unit (CIU) as well as blogger for the Future Challenges international network. @Kapellmann
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Fighting for rights through the digital world: Méxicoleaks
Written by Kapell
From 1992 until 2015, at least 73 journalists have been killed in Mexico. Of these, 32 journalists have been confirmed as killed as a result of the stories they covered, however the reasons for the other murders are not yet known. What is even more striking is the fact that […]
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Empowering People Workshop Mexico 2014: Sharing Experiences for Social Impact Measurement
Written by Kapell
Who would have thought that sharing ideas and exchanging cards could be such a useful exercise for driving change? For several years society has adopted traditional approaches for promoting development and we have not seen yet the results we would expect. Could it be that it is time to go […]
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Solar Power for Development
Written by Kapell
Mexican sun and German technology are the two key components of Gregor Schapers’ innovative project. Deep in rural Mexico, in a small town of 450 inhabitants called El Sauz, Schapers, a German entrepreneur, founded Trinysol, a firm specializing in building cheap solar reflectors for small local businesses to bake, cook […]
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Mexico’s Digital Challenge
Written by Kapell
Can you imagine our interconnected world without internet? For those born in the digital era, as well as older generations that have assimilated the daily usage of information technologies, it is difficult to picture life without access to the network. Our lives would be completely different, we would not be […]
