Mobile Activism in Africa

Mobile  Ac*vism  in Africa  Jour Fixe 2009 Medien und Entwicklung Berlin Chris*an Kreutz  Photo: DavidDennisPhotos.com (CC)

1 Mobile Phones in Africa 2 Mobile Activism • Public Sphere 3 • Participation Challenges • Transparency • Networking 4 Discussion 2 

The right picture? NASA Image 3 

Highest growth   99% of Tanzanians are in   rates worldwide  direct reach of a mobile phone  Innova*ons around mobile phones  The highest traﬃc to the BBC mobile   happen in Africa  websites comes from Africa 

The mobile phone combines all former media 1 Reception 2 Documentation 3 Publication 4 Networking From a passive recipient to an active user. 5 

6  Source: The Promise of Ubiquity. Internews Europe

Mobile Ac*vism in Africa  7 

Par*pica*on  Public Sphere  Networking  Transparency 

Public Sphere  9 

http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com 10 

Source: http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com/site/Guinness_factory_pollutes_water_sources/list_messages/21566 11 

Par*cipa*on  12 

SMS-Radio campaign against domestic violence in in Congo AZUR Development http://www.azurdev.org 13  Photo Erik Hersmann

Transparency  14 

www.sokwanele.com (CC) Monitoring of Elections in many African countries Source: 15  http://www.digiactive.org/research/mobile-activism-in-african-elections-a-comparative-case-study/

Networking  16 

Protest  17  Photo Dan Morrison (CC)

General Strike for the People of Egypt 18 

Usage  Government  Costs  Control  Disparity  Surveillance  Ac*vism  Mobile Provider  Beginning  Business Concept  Instrument  Walled Garden 

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Mobile Activism in Africa

by Christian Kreutz on May 08, 2009

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