The use of mobile phones in the Philippines and Tanzania has increased access to quality education among grade five and six students, according to Allan Williams, Vice President at the International Youth Foundation. He was speaking during the workshop called “Bringing Mobile solutions to scale: issues and models,” at the MobileActive08 conference currently underway in Johannesburg.

HIV and AIDS has continued to impact communities and individuals differently and this can never be over emphasised. For this reason, organisations are coming up with different types of interventions in order to reduce the spread of the pandemic. On Monday 13th October at MobileActive08, I attended a mini talk on “Game4Life: Mobile games in AIDS education”.