USAID
Posted by admin on Aug 10, 2010
We've got news on Saudi Arabia's and the United Arab Emirates' moves to ban BlackBerry, the release of the TakingITMobile mobile youth activism survey, a review of livestreaming services for mobiles, USAID's mobile financial services risk matrix, and a report that reveals the niche uses for location-based mobile services.
Posted by TextToChange on Mar 09, 2010
Text at Work and Stay Healthy: HIV/AIDS Prevention in the Workplace data sheet 1291 Views
Abstract:
Through a pilot partnership with the Text to Change (TTC) initiative, HIPS is using an innovative tool to support companies in providing key prevention messages and education on HIV/AIDS to their employees and community networks – text messages. Early results are promising: the launch of the program resulted in a 40% increase in demand for sexual and reproductive health services from participant company clinics.
Posted by webb on Oct 15, 2008
As Katrin Verclas posted last week, the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 has launched. The challenge is seeking innovative mobile technology projects.
Hosted on the NetSquared community site, you are invited to submitt your project idea to a community process:
- You will have an opportunity to submit your idea and receive feedback from NetSquared's 13,000 members.
- When the submission period ends, registered NetSquared users can partiicpate in an on-line vote to select 15 featured projects.
- Senior USAID staff will select a first place and two runners up. The first place winner will receive a grant of $10,000, with runners up receiving grants of $5,000 each. All three will have an opportunity to present their ideas to senior officials and the public.
To find out more about the challenge and, we hope, enter your idea, please visit: 2008 USAID Development 2.0 has launched. We look forward to seeing what you are working on.
Posted by KatrinVerclas on Oct 09, 2008
There is yet another competition focused on mobile app development, this time sponsored by USAID and Netsquared. Starting on October 13, Development 2.0 will reward the innovative uses of mobile technologies for international development withup to $10,000 for the winner. While this is less than some of the other recent competitions, applicants can get advice and improve their ideas and clarify their project submissions during the entire application process on a project gallery.
A open voting process will determine the best projects, and then a jury of USAID senior staff will select the final winners. More info is here.
Other compeitions open right now:
Knight News Challenge -- $5 million awarded to digital media projects, including mobile citizen media projects;
