M4d2010
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Presentation of the M4D2010 conference at Karlstad university 15 dec 2010. In this presentation I use pictures from other conference delegates.
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M4d2010
- 1. HumanIT www.twitter.com/Centre4HumanIT www.kau.se/en/humanit Jakob Svensson, Director
- 20. mAgriculture
- 21. mLearning
- 22. mLearning
- 31. Thank you for listening! http://m4d.humanit.org
Editor's Notes
- What is M4D? These are some pictures from the presentors powerpoint presentations to give you an idea
- The point of departure – growth of mobile telephony (also in Duncombe)
- Developing world is coming
- Ken Banks
- GROWTH Easier to organise meetings (previously required entrusting a taxi driver with a letter, or physically delivering it – up to 200km between groups, costing ZAR130 (approx US$18) and taking 8 hours each way) increased sales Coordination of input to shows (many trophies) Swapping within the cooperative (wheat from the highlands for maize from the lowlands in 2010) EMPOWERMENT “ We were so proud, as women, to receive these cellphones” (lowlands) Learning English and mathematical literacy (highlands) “ we want to buy more mobiles in order to stay united” and “we are vulnerable – to be strong we need to be able to communicate” (lowlands) Access to governance and formal networks (e.g. Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Cooperatives and Marketing) Access to training opportunities (particularly in South Africa) CHOICE “ We turned mobiles into a business” Range of choices available to cooperative members has grown over the past 4 years Next choices Prepaid wireless telephones (reduced calling cost) Savings and Credit Association (available to cooperative member groups and individuals within those groups)
- Malaria - reporting
- Women farmers co-operative in Lesotho Recieving data from InPut dealers, market price - collective intelligence (fertlizers, seeds and pestcides) Study of 8 villages in Bangladesh - 54% of the farmers recieved info for their farming in their phones. Study in Tanzania shows that mobile phones affets the entire cycle of farming life (preparation/ farming/harvesting/ marketing) - leading to higher incomes
- mLearning - uses mobile phones to reinforce literacy (the Jokko Initiative)
- Även Malaria, barnafödande - i Arua (nordvästra Ugande ökade antal HIV test med 35 %
- Mobile-Money - new innovative ways to meet transaction needs of ordinary people PAAM - Personal Accounting Application for Mobile devises - allows users to track down their transactiosn anytime and anywhere - and you may have alerts when expenditure limits is reached Fault reporting of ATMs in Uganda - ATM monitoring Blacknoise - how to encrypt messages Improving Life on campus in Senegal (housing/ financing/administrative support/ community) Human Rights reporting in the Niger Delta Transparency and corruption fighting
- Should be based on accepted and proven theories Define and appropriate methodology which is rigorously applied Tends to be descriptive, (no methodology or theory) small samples, funded by industry Mobile Projects are predominatelyin a pilot or proof of conecpt stage