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MobileActive08

A Global Summit about
Mobile Technology for Social Impact
October 13-15, 2008
Johannesburg, South Africa

 
 
Wireless Technology for Social Change
Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:
Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.
 

Join us for MobileActive07 in Sao Paulo!

October 2, 2007 | KatrinVerclas
file under:
Brazil, conference, mobileactive, mobileactive07, Sao Paulo

MobileActive.org meets again! Join us for the second MobileActive gathering, this year at Mobilefest, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. MobileActive07 will take place November 24-25, 2007.

We know that you are interested and passionate about what the mobile revolution means for social good. MobileActive.org and Mobilefest have partnered to bring together leading thinkers, practitioners and technologist in the mobile revolution from around the world to explore how mobiles are fundamentally changing the way we organize ourselves, do business, and make the world a better place.

MobileActive07 is an intensive camp of NGO practitioners, technologists, researchers, and activist who use mobile technology in their work to make the world a better place. With highly interactive working sessions and workshops, and tool and strategy speed-geeks, MobileActive is a focused and collaborative learning space for people with interest and experience in mobile tech for humanity.

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From Favelas to Townships: Mobile Use in Low-Income Populations

July 15, 2008 | CorinneRamey
file under:
base of the pyramid, Brazil, developing countries, favelas, mobile use, poor, South Africa, townships, vodafone

Mobile phone use is booming. There are close to 3.5 billion mobile phones in use, and mobile penetration rates are increasing quickly, especially in developing countries. This rise of mobile phone use by low-income and so-called 'base-of-the-pyramid' users raises a number of questions. Are low-income people using mobile technology in different ways than their higher-income counterparts? How can mobile phones be desiged and used in ways that are useful to these populations? Two new studies--one of favelas in Brazil and the other of a low-income township in South Africa--seek to answer these questions.

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Mobile Phones in Development: Upcoming Conferences

March 7, 2008 | CorinneRamey
file under:
Brazil, conference, mobiles in development

Two upcoming conferences will address issues relating to mobile phones in development.

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a Canadian organization focused on helping organizations in developing countries use technology, will be hosting a conference on mobile phones used to improve access to health services in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The conference will be held on March 17 and 18 in Florianópolis, Brazil. More information is available on the IDRC website.

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Alô Cidadão!

file under:
Brazil, Communications Access and Infrastructure, Community Building and Renewal, Education and Academia, mobileactive07, sms information
operates in:
Brazil

contact:
http://www.okto.com.br/noticia.php?newsid=87

Alô Cidadão! (Hello Citizen! is a community SMS news program that brings information about jobs, educational and cultural events, and local news to low-income people in Belo Horizonte in southern Brazil. The messages have been overwhelmingly popular -- over 90% of subscribers forward the SMS to family or friends and rely on the text messages for daily information.

References / Past Projects

Read more and watch a video interview on the MobileActive blog.



MobileActive Video: SMS News For Low-Income Communities in Brazil

February 1, 2008 | CorinneRamey
file under:
Alô Cidadão!, Brazil, Hello Citizen, mobileactive07, sms, SMS news
A community SMS news program -- Alô Cidadão! (Hello Citizen! -- brings information about jobs, educational and cultural events, and local news to low-income people in Belo Horizonte in southern Brazil. The messages have been overwhelmingly popular -- over 90% of subscribers forward the SMS to family or friends and rely on the text messages for daily information. Watch our video interview, taped at MobileActive07 in Sao Paulo Brazil. The video, shot on a Nokia N95 mobile phone, features Alô Cidadão! coordinator Daniel de Araújo and interpreter Mary Anne Matos.

 

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