It is the last day of the Mobile active 08 conference today October 15 and this morning, Pieter Henning, for the KwaZulu Natal Department of Transport (KZN DoT), presented an interesting possibility of using mobile phones to form lift clubs that will provide transport opportunities for those commuters who do not have cars.

Mobile phones are an asset for communicating health issues in Mexico, where a group of forty people -- some living with HIV and Aids -- have been able to interact with each other through group messaging, offering advice on medication and other HIV related issues that they face on their daily lives. This was shared in a mini talk about the use of group messaging for social change, delivered by Anne Kidd.

The Mobile Active 08 conference is underway in Johannesburg from 13 to 15 October 2008 with fascinating presentations, one being on how women, in particular, have benefited from the use of mobile technology.

Mobile technology is making inroads in African countries with cellular phones being used to daily access business market updates and for communication among business partners.