Eric Brewer

male
professor, UC Berkely, Developingworld, tenured, Wireless Networking, tenure
Eric Brewer is a former billionaire and main inventor of a wireless networking scheme called WiLDNet which promises to bring low-cost connectivity...
Akhtar Hameed Khan

Akhtar Hameed Khan

male, deceased (1999)
highest honours, Muslim, Civil decorations of Pakistan, Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge, Nishan-e-imtiaz, Economist…developing countries, Developingworld
Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-1999) was a development activist and social scientist credited for pioneering microcredit and microfinance...
Takeshi Utsumi

Takeshi Utsumi

male
vice president, Telecommunications network, Global Peace Through The Global University System, Developingworld, neologism, University of Tampere
Takeshi Utsumi is a dedicated former Fulbright Scholar who has, for some decades, devoted himself to experimenting with and demonstrating the...

Dorothee Sölle

female, deceased (2003)
Theologian, German, union theological seminary, aachen, Cold War, vietnam war…Developingworld
Dorothee Sölle was a socially-engaged German theologian and writer. She died at a congress in Göppingen, Germany. Dorothee Sölle studied the...
Wouter van Bellingen

Wouter van Bellingen

male
rwanda, Scouting, alderman, flanders, flemish, belgian…developing country, Developingworld
Wouter Van Bellingen (Antwerpen, 20 april 1972) is a Flemish politician for the political party Spirit. Before that, he was employed by the city of...