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Aid 2.0
Jeff R. Allen
jra@nella.org
Not this Africa...
This one!

              Great capacity and creativity
              is ready and waiting for a
              chance to shine.




Source: BBC
               Source: Nubian Cheetah, Afrigadget




                                                    Source: William Kamkwamba
Geek Corps Mali: http://mail.geekcorps.org




                       Source: William Kamkwamba
A solar-powered radio station in a Malian village that
receives audio programs in digital format.
...and sends them on to the next village's radio station via point to
point wifi.
http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/26/water-bottle-wifi-in-mali/
Adapt to the context!

Lots of computers, not much bandwidth?
Offline Wikipedia!
  http://www.moulinwiki.org/en
Le Source, from Kunnafoni
http://lasource.kunnafoni.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEmakw2OvQ
The Baobab Health Partnership
http://www.baobabhealth.org/2007/06/26/patient-registration-video/
In summary:

Not like this:
•Expensive food airdrops
•Field hospitals that disrupt local structures
•Self-congratulatory signs that are recycled into stoves!
Like this!




                                   Nii Simmonds




                                     African ingenuity and
                                     creativity on display.

   Open Source for transparency!
   http://www.akvo.org

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2: Aid 2.0 (Jeff R. Allen)

  • 3. This one! Great capacity and creativity is ready and waiting for a chance to shine. Source: BBC Source: Nubian Cheetah, Afrigadget Source: William Kamkwamba
  • 4. Geek Corps Mali: http://mail.geekcorps.org Source: William Kamkwamba
  • 5. A solar-powered radio station in a Malian village that receives audio programs in digital format.
  • 6. ...and sends them on to the next village's radio station via point to point wifi. http://www.engadget.com/2005/03/26/water-bottle-wifi-in-mali/
  • 7. Adapt to the context! Lots of computers, not much bandwidth? Offline Wikipedia! http://www.moulinwiki.org/en
  • 8.
  • 9. Le Source, from Kunnafoni http://lasource.kunnafoni.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZEmakw2OvQ
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12. The Baobab Health Partnership http://www.baobabhealth.org/2007/06/26/patient-registration-video/
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.
  • 19. In summary: Not like this: •Expensive food airdrops •Field hospitals that disrupt local structures •Self-congratulatory signs that are recycled into stoves!
  • 20. Like this! Nii Simmonds African ingenuity and creativity on display. Open Source for transparency! http://www.akvo.org