Join us for MIT’s “Mobilizing Entrepreneurship” Launch and Networking Event
Tuesday 20 November, 2012 | Blog | Global
One November 29th, the Mobile and Development Intelligence team is hosting a networking reception and launch of the latest edition of MIT’s quarterly Innovations journal. This edition of the journal, ‘Mobilizing Entrepreneurship,’ is focused entirely on how mobile technology ...
Mitigating the risk of fraud through customer communication
Monday 19 November, 2012 | Blog | Global | Mobile Money
As the mobile money industry continues to grow, the topic of risk management will become increasingly important. Our recent publication, “Managing the risk of fraud in mobile money,” discussed one approach to risk management that operators can use.
mHealth Webinar: Highlights and recording
Thursday 15 November, 2012 | Blog | mHealth
While progress in maternal and child survival has been made, this has not been enough to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 4 & 5. Even though maternal mortality has declined dramatically, the situation is still worrying specifically in Sub-Saharan Africa, where an ...
Energy Conservation is an Investment: A look at Indonesia
Wednesday 14 November, 2012 | Blog | Connected Society | East Asia and Pacific | Indonesia | Rural network coverage
Energy conservation refers to efforts made to reduce energy consumption. Energy conservation can be achieved through increased energy efficiency, in conjunction with decreased energy consumption and/or a reduced consumption from conventional energy sources. Taking Indonesia ...
In Tanzania, an aggregator connects mobile money deployments
Monday 12 November, 2012 | Blog | Building the financial ecosystem | Interoperability | Mobile Money | Sub-Saharan Africa | Tanzania
Mobile money has taken off in Tanzania over the last few years and about a quarter of the population are now using mobile money services. It is a competitive market where all four major mobile operators have launched their own mobile money service.
Safaricom M-PESA’s H1 FY13 Results: A portrait of a maturing mobile money service
Friday 9 November, 2012 | Blog | Kenya | Mobile Money | Sub-Saharan Africa
Despite the emerging success of a number of mobile money deployments outside of Kenya, Safaricom’s M-PESA remains a bellwether for the industry. Safaricom’s half year 2012 - 2013 financial results released yesterday provide a window into the evolution of the mobile money service.
iAfya: Health Information through mobile phones – today in Kenya, tomorrow across Africa
Thursday 8 November, 2012 | Blog | mHealth
This is a guest post, written by Dr. John Muthee, Head of Business Development, Avallain Africa “If we can improve access to health information to the masses, then we are on our way to improving health interventions and ultimately, reducing health related costs.” ...
Submit Your Mobile Product or Service at GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards 2013
Monday 5 November, 2012 | Blog | Global
The GSMA’s 18th Global Mobile Awards deadline is just around the corner—the online entry is open only until November 30th at 17:00 GMT. There are four awards in the Social & Economic Development Category, relevant to those creating products and services for underserved ...
Upcoming mHealth Webinar: How to maximise the impact of mHealth services for maternal and child health
Thursday 1 November, 2012 | Blog | mHealth
While progress in maternal and child survival has been made, this has not been enough to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. According to a recent report, maternal mortality has declined dramatically, with maternal deaths dropping from 543,000 to 287,000 (between ...
A Look at Azuri’s Mobi Solar Mobile Phone Charging Unit in Kenya
Wednesday 31 October, 2012 | Blog | Digital Utilities | Energy | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa
The is a guest post by Simon Collings, Chief Operations Officer at GVEP International. In the remote communities around Ganze, near the Kenyan coast, charging a mobile phone is a major challenge. The nearest source of electricity may be 15-20 km away, about a three hour ...
Addressing telecom site security and accessibility challenges
Tuesday 30 October, 2012 | Blog | Connected Society | Global | Rural network coverage
Telecom site security and site accessibility remains a major hurdle for successfully managing and maintaining telecom sites and equipment with a 99.98% benchmark uptime. Security is one of the biggest challenges in managing a network of sites for a telecom operator. “Close ...
iheedCrowd: Animated health content for mHealth platforms
Thursday 25 October, 2012 | Blog | mHealth
This post is written by Kunal D Patel, Medical Director at The iheed Institute. iheedCrowd, an online animation platform where digital designers have the opportunity to create the next generation of health education content, has been launched by iheed. For the first time ...
Disaster Risk Reduction: Establishing coordinated and reliable communications
Wednesday 24 October, 2012 | Blog | Global | Global | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness
October 13th marked the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, a day focused on improving resilience at a national and community level, to mitigate the impact that natural disasters have. We explain why extablishing coordinated and reliable communications is critical ...