Education and Academia

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

Register Now!

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.

MobileActive News Aggregator

Sep 2: Red Cross Mobile Donations
Sep 2: Republicans, Obama ask supporters to text hurricane relief
Sep 2: Dot Mobi is fastest-growing web domain, including Bank of America
Aug 31: UN Calls for SMS Campaign on the International Day of Peace
Aug 29: Telecoms in South Africa: Apres moi, le deluge

MobileActive's del.icio.us Feed

Sep 8: Why has M-PESA become so popular in Kenya?
Sep 8: UNICEF FM radio, Wifi, and mobile messaging in humanitarian relief
Sep 8: Deciding which mobile phone to bug and how: The incredible flip side of the growth of mobiles « ICT for Peacebuilding (ICT4Peace)
Sep 3: BRIC Countries - Mobile Internet, Nielsen Report
Sep 3: Rising Economies Hit Web with Phones - eMarketer

Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE)

file under:
Education and Academia, english, ESL, literacy, mobile games

operates in:
India

contact:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mattkam/millee/index.html

From the MILLEE website:

The MILLEE research project aims to enhance access to literacy among children of school-going age in the developing world. More specifically, we aim to complement the formal schooling system by applying mobile learning technology to augment educational opportunities in out-of-school settings.

References / Past Projects

Read more about MILLEE on the MobileActive blog.

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.