Activity Description: The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) is an independent, non-profit organization that assists developing countries to realise locally-owned, sustainable development, by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs). IICD works with its partner organisations in (currently nine) selected countries, helping local stakeholders to assess the potential uses of ICTs in development.

Activity Description: In conjunction with Banco Solidario, Accion International has launched a program whereby loan officers in Ecuador are being equipped with personal digital assistants (PDAs) and PortaCredit, a customized software program that has improved efficiency and access across Banco Solidario's wide range of clients. PortaCredit combines financial analysis, loan processing, and risk analysis into an easy-to-use software application that can run on wireless devices such as PalmPilots.

Activity Description: Developed by PEOPLink, CatGen enables a worldwide network of enterprises, handicraft producers, artists, exporters, designers, importers, wholesalers, retailers, and other experts to interact via the Internet. The CatGen platform is an end-to-end e-commerce solution reaching from buyers and consumers in Europe and North America to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and all the way down to the "poorest of the poor," artisan groups and farmer co-operatives in the developing world.