Technology for Community Empowement

Technology For Community Empowerment By Marlon Parker

4.4 Billion Cellphones

" The cellphone industry is becoming a consumercentric solutions business " Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo , CEO of Nokia

"Mobile is going to be the next big Internet phenomenon. It holds the key to greater access for everyone – with all the benefits that entails." Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google

4,000,000 Toll FREE Numbers

4,800,000 PC Web Users

3Million Social Networks

R0.75c per SMS 10Billion SMS/Texts

38% Disposable Income

NO FREE Calls

12Million Mobile Web Users

34% bank via Mobile

18Million Mobile Chat

WWW 4,800,000 People Mobile Web 12,000,000 People Mobile Chat 18,000,000 People Social Networks 3,000,000+ People Blogs 10,000+ Texts 10+ Billion Population 48,000,000

Mobile Primary High Data Charges High Mobile Penetration Limited Broadband Young Mobile Expert Users High Mobile Information Transfer

The Broccoli Project The Rewards Program for the Poor

The Reconstructed

Wellbeing Educate Empower Community

“ Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Thank You www.rlabs.org www.marlonparker.co.za [email_address] Marlon Parker @marlonparker marlonct +2721 469 1138 +2721 637 4037 +2776 403 4920

Technology for Community Empowement

by Marlon Parker on Nov 12, 2009

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