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October 13-15, 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa
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MobileActive '08 Actions Going Forward
Submitted by shara on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 13:56.
Here are some of the main actions people would like to take as a result of collaboration and learnings at MobileActive '08.
1. Mobile Bill of Rights
2. Open Source Consortium
3. Global Mapping Project for Global SMS Interoperability
4. Enhanced Mobile Project/Vendor/Tool Directory
5. Communicability Strategy Research Group
6. More sharing and collaboration on social mobile projects
7. Mobile web wiki
8. OpenContent - especially HIV content including content, terminology, translation.
Less congested roads through mobile phone transport management
Submitted by Nthateng Mhlambiso on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 10:28.
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.
Telefonia Movel, Crises e Desastres
Submitted by Lazaro G. Sampo on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 10:02.
O uso da telefonia movel nao esta apenas reservado a partilhaar informaçoes “felizes” entre os utilizadores. Ela pode sim, ser usada para partilhar situaçoes de crise e desastres. Ha experiencias concretas nesta materia. Kenya e um pais em referencia.
Mobile poverty research: Substitutions for mobile phone services
Submitted by Joshua Ogada on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 09:56.
Owning a mobile phone can either improve quality of life for the poor, or plunge them deeper into poverty. The benefits and costs to the poor of owning a mobile depend on how efficiently it is used.
Mobile Phones For Improved Livelihood & Food security In Rural Uganda: The CELAC Project
Submitted by Maria Nakirya on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 09:08.
The Collecting and Exchange of Local Agricultural Content (CELAC www.celac.or.ug), is the agricultural wing of the Ugandan NGO, BROSDI (Busoga Rural Open Source & Development Initiative). It aims to improve the livelihoods and food security of rural farmers through engaging the government, private sector and civil society in knowledge sharing and information management using ICTs.
Mobile phone increases access to quality education: the case of BridgeIt
Submitted by Kafusha Mfula on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 07:49.
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.
Mobile phone technology for non-formal distance education
Submitted by Maria Nakirya on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 07:36.
The Molave Foundation is involved in a project using SMS for long-distance education. All that a student needs to do is to text a request and then a code is given enabling him or her to enter the system. At present two major subjects are covered: Maths and English.
Use of Mobile Phones for Organic Coffee Certification
Submitted by Maria Nakirya on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 07:26.
Digital ICSCS is a small mobile application used to help coffee farmers in Oaxaca; Mexico achieve organic and fair trade certification. It has so far reached more than 1000 farmers and is estimated to reach even more.
Sociological realities taken into consideration in developing technology
Submitted by Phumeza Bangani on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 21:56.
Sociological realities have to be taken into consideration when developing technology. It is well and good to have technology that will solve humanitarian needs, but people who need help in identified areas might not be conversant with the technology.
As TIC’s devem promover a participaçao dos cidadaos
Submitted by Lazaro G. Sampo on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 15:14.
As novas Tecnologias de Informaçao e Comunicaçao (TIC’s) devem promover a participaçao dos cidadaos nos processos de governaçao e desenvolvimento local. Esta foi a mensagem principal da reflexao apresentada pelo Prof. Jose Carlos Vaz, da Universidade de Sao Paulo do Brasil, na sua intervençao no Workshop sobre Mobileactive08 iniciado a 13 de Outubro, em Johannesburg.
Mobile and SMS for activism and advocacy
Submitted by Joshua Ogada on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 14:52.
Mobile and sms activism, when well-designed and managed has great potential for bringing about change both at a local level, as well as globally.
Mobile technology improves quality of life for HIV positive people
Submitted by Nthateng Mhlambiso on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 14:45.
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.
Game4Life: Mobile games in AIDS education
Submitted by Kafusha Mfula on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 14:18.
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”.
Mobiles in a box
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:42.
I'm at the Open Space session organised by Tactical Tech, launching their book and CD, Mobiles in a Box: using mobile phones for advocacy. It looks like a great resource.
Organised chaos
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 13:20.
Aside from the content of MobileActive08, I'm fascinated by the methodology. At many conferences I've attended, you often hear the comment that the sessions were so-so, but the networking made it worthwhile. But people usually go on to say -- but there was not enough time for the networking. This conference seems to have been organised around networking.
Bridging the digital divide through mobile solutions
Submitted by Joshua Ogada on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 12:31.
Microsoft Unlimited Potential are working on ways to reduce the digital divide by adapting new and powerful data collection tools and services to the basic mobile phone
Freedom Fone
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:31.
Brenda Burrell's mini talk on Mobile and Radio for Independent Media presented a project called Freedom Fone. This is a project in Zimbabwe, run by the Kubatana Trust. It involves providing radio-like audio content via interactive menu response by use of phones.
Cell phones in social marketing
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 11:13.
A social marketing model that reaches millions of recipients at minimal cost, with high impact -- this is what was presented at the workshop on Innovations in Social Marketing this morning.
The era of door-to-door campagns is coming to an end
Submitted by Nyasha Nyakunu on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:28.
The cellphone has become an effective mobilisation, organising and cordinating tool that could soon bring to an end the otherwise traditional door-to-door campaigns for socio-economic or political advocacy depending on the levels of development of the ICT sectors in given countries
The era of door-to-door campagns is coming to an end
Submitted by Nyasha Nyakunu on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 10:28.
The cellphone has become an effective mobilisation, organising and cordinating tool that could soon bring to an end the otherwise traditional door-to-door campaigns for socio-economic or political advocacy depending on the levels of development of the ICT sectors in given countries
Mobiles for development or poverty?
Submitted by Nthateng Mhlambiso on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 07:27.
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.
Cellular phones for positive social change
Submitted by Nthateng Mhlambiso on Tue, 10/14/2008 - 07:22.
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.
Ordinary citizens not aware of other uses of Mobile technology
Submitted by Phumeza Bangani on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 21:58.
Mobile technology is recognised as one of the best tools for citizen media. The main advantage it brings is the fact that a large number of people or ordinary citizens are already in possession of a cell phone and are able to use it.
Mobile Tech in Citizen Participation
Submitted by Phumeza Bangani on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 21:53.
Mobile Tech in Citizen Participation, facilitated by Jose Carlos Vaz is one of the sessions I attended today. He made a presentation on Mobile Technology for e-democracy: m-democracy. This is based on an initiative to get ordinary citizens into governance issues through the use of mobile technology.
Unmasking authoritarian regimes through technology
Submitted by Nyasha Nyakunu on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 16:12.
The advent of ICT and mobile communication is fast assisting in unmasking previously impenetrable authoritative regimes such as the military dictatorship in Burma despite limited access to ICT gadgets by its citizenry.
Mobile Web Wiki
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:34.
One of the things that emerged from the session on the potential of the Mobile Web, is the idea of setting up a WIKI. The idea would be to harness collaborative effort to unlock the potenial of the mobile web.
MobileActive08 gets media coverage
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 15:23.
There's some coverage of MobileActive08 in the Mail & Guardian Online. Matthew Burbidge writes about the opening of the conference, and highlights some of the innovative projects that delegates are involved in. Have a look, at http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-13-conference-explores-use-of-cellphones-in-development.
The Mobile Web - potential and reality
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 14:57.
This afternoon I attended 'The Mobile Web': The potential and reality for developing countries, facilitated by Toni Eliasz. There was extended discussion of the value of the mobile web to developing countries. Views hinge a lot on how one defines 'mobile web'.
Mobile Research
Submitted by Brett Davidson on Mon, 10/13/2008 - 13:40.
I've just been wandering around the SIMLab and SIMPlace at MobileActive 08. Talk about information overload! It helps to focus on specific themes, and try to get a picture of what is happening in particular fields or areas of interest. One strong theme in the displays is the use of cell phones for field research.
Thank you to the in-kind contributors!
Submitted by Katrin Verclas on Sun, 10/12/2008 - 23:03.
MobileActive08 would not be possible with our sponsors. We have had amazing supprt form the partners and sponsors listed below, without whom this event would not have been possible. A few more thanks are due: we had the privilege to work with some great companues who, with their in-kind support, help make MobileActive08 a success. Thank you to:
Vodacom for providing 3G coverage throughout MobileActive08;
