  |
 |
||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
 |
|||||||
| Latest news | |||||||
|
June 2013: kiwanja guest chapter in new mobile book  Editors
Bruck and Rao bring together an international cast of thought
leaders and practitioners in this sweeping survey of mobile
technology and its impacts on human life, work, and society.
Thirty-one chapters examine the foundations of the worldwide
mobile ecosystem and present an array of case studies and
perspectives on how mobile is transforming human enterprise
from business and healthcare to education, employment,
entertainment, government, and the media. Contributors offer
recommendations and analyses of how mobile can and is being
used to expand economies, alliances, and partnerships, and
assess legal, policy, and regulatory issues and challenges.
With its practical coverage of the most influential technology
of our lifetime, Global Mobile is a vital reference
for business leaders, entrepreneurs, communications
specialists, activists, journalists, researchers, educators,
technologists, and public policymakersFurther details will be made available on the book's Amazon page nearer the date of publication, set for June/July 2013
June 2013: Ken Banks to speak at private event in California
May 2013: kiwanja joins Gates Foundation Technology Partner Network
May 2013: kiwanja opinion piece in Public Sector Digest
kiwanja's recent post on the future of technology-for-development has been edited for republication on Public Sector Digest. The article talks about the rise of local technology and entrepreneurship capacity in the developing world, and how this will effect the power dynamic in the ICT4D sector. You can find the article on the Digest website here (requires login), or download a PDF version here
May 2013: Ken Banks to speak at London "Founders Forum" event
Founders Forum is a community for the best global entrepreneurs, select inspiring CEOs and key investors in media and technology. It brings together over 1,000 of the world's best, brightest and most dynamic digital entrepreneurs, who engage in open debate, brainstorming, discussion and problem solving. kiwanja's Founder, Ken Banks, has been invited to speak at this year's London event. Further details about the Forum can be found on their website
May 2013: kiwanja to appear at CUTEC's ten year anniversary event
CUTEC's mission is to nurture and enhance the entrepreneurial spirit among its members, and to connect the great minds of the University of Cambridge to the business community. kiwanja will be speaking on a panel at this year's gathering, which marks ten years of events. Further details will be made available on the CUTEC website nearer the time
May 2013: Means of Exchange makes Rockefeller 100
In honour of its centennial, the Rockefeller Foundation has invited the global community for nominations of innovators around the world whose work is improving the situation of poor and vulnerable people. kiwanja's Means of Exchange project has made the final list. You can read the project profile (and vote) on the Rockefeller centennial website here
May 2013: kiwanja Ashoka's "Fellow of the Month"
April 2013: Means of Exchange interview on Quartz
"Quartz is a digitally native news outlet, born in 2012, for business people in the new global economy. We publish bracingly creative and intelligent journalism with a broad worldview, built primarily for the devices closest at hand - tablets and mobile phones". For a recent article on the increasing buzz around Bitcoin, kiwanja's Ken Banks was asked to outline his thoughts based on our wider work with Means of Exchange. You can read the article - "Bitcoin is just the poster currency for a growing movement of alternative tender" - on the Quartz website here
April 2013: Panel discussion with Desmond Tutu
During his final week with Unreasonable at Sea, Ken Banks was invited by author Tori Hogan to join her on a panel discussing "How to change the world" with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. A video of the one hour session is now available on the kiwanja website here
April 2013: kiwanja at Skoll Word Forum 2013
March 2013: Fireside chat - and Forbes - on Unreasonable at Sea
March 2013: Ken Banks to speak at RE.WORK in London
Ken Banks has been invited to speak at RE.WORK later this year. Described as the "premier event for emerging technology and innovation", the conference aims to bring together the most influential technologists, entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders to help collaborate and reshape the future. Ken will talk about the technical and cultural challenges of working with mobile technologies in the developing world. Full details will be released on the event website nearer the time
March 2013: kiwanja interview with Danish media
AfrikaBlog recently ran an article on the potential of mobile technology in Africa, and it's potential role in Arab Spring-style uprisings across the continent. kiwanja's Ken Banks was interviewed for the article, which can be read here (in Danish) or here (Google translation)
March 2013: Guest article in Cambridge Evening News
Ken Banks recently wrote an article about his trip with Unreasonable at Sea, published in the business section of the Cambridge Evening News. The article discusses the thinking behind the voyage, the kinds of organisations taking part, and includes photos of his panel session with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Click here for a PDF of the page [4.5Mb]
March 2013: FrontlineSMS named #1 global technology NGO
The only project of its kind, this exclusive feature reflects the increasing global influence of NGOs in all facets of modern life, in the process shining a light on a dynamic, innovative and inspiring sector estimated to encompass close to 10 million organizations". In the 2013 list, FrontlineSMS was voted the number one global NGO in the Technology category. Congratulations go to the whole FrontlineSMS team, and community. Further details are available on the Global Journal website
March 2013: kiwanja writes for Harvard International Review
The (current) Winter Issue of the Harvard International Review focuses on "Leveraging Cellular Technologies for Development". According to the website, the Review features underappreciated topics in the international affairs discourse and underappreciated perspectives on more widely discussed topics. It also aims to serve as a trend-setter among similar publications by directing rather than following the public�s attention. You can read kiwanja's contributing article - "A Personal Portrait of SMS" - here
March 2013: Ken Banks interviewed on Unreasonable at Sea
Ken Banks was recently interviewed by the BBC for an article on his recent Unreasonable at Sea trip. Unreasonable at Sea is a "radical experiment in global entrepreneurship to combat the greatest challenges of our time. 20 Mentors. 100 days. 1 ship. 13 countries. 11 ventures. 1 belief that entrepreneurship will change the world". Read the full article on the BBC website here
March 2013: kiwanja on Mobile Convention Amsterdam Advisory Panel
Following a successful appearance at Mobile Convention Amsterdam last year, kiwanja's Ken Banks has been invited to join the Advisory Panel as the organisers continue to explore the social impact of mobile technology at the event. Mobile Convention Amsterdam is the leading platform for mobile marketing, services and business in Northern Europe. Further details here
February 2013: Ken Banks mentoring with "Unreasonable at Sea"
"Unreasonable at Sea is a radical experiment in global entrepreneurship to combat the greatest challenges of our time. 20 Mentors. 100 days. 1 ship. 13 countries. 11 ventures. 1 belief that entrepreneurship will change the world". For this venture, the Unreasonable Institute have partnered with Semester at Sea to launch an accelerator on a ship as it travels more than 25,000 nautical miles around the globe. kiwanja has been invited to join part of the voyage as one of the twenty mentors, and will board the ship for four weeks at the start of this month. Full details of the programme are available on the Unreasonable at Sea website
February 2013: National Geographic "Explorer of the Week"
kiwanja's Ken Banks has been selected as National Geographic's "Explorer of the Week". In an interview on the National Geographic website, Ken talks about his new work with Means of Exchange, plans for a new edited book - "Rise of the Reluctant Innovator" - the last time he was lost, his favourite Explorer and his favourite place on the planet. You can read the full interview here
February 2013: Invitation to speak at Judge Business School
The Cambridge Africa Business Network (CABN) is a Cambridge alumni and student led initiative to promote networking and dialogue about business in Africa in Cambridge. It's mission is to stimulate a robust dialogue about business, investment and entrepreneurship in Africa, incorporating both practitioner and academic perspectives. Ken Banks has been invited to sit on the "Technology Entrepreneurship Panel" at their June 2013 annual conference. Further details will be made available on their website nearer the time
February 2013: "Inconvenient truth" post to publish in journal
Late last year Ken Banks was approached by the editors of "e-Organisations and People" and asked to submit an article for their Spring 2013 Journal. Dealing with the wider topic of 'open source thinking', the Journal asks "Is our society in the midst of a huge paradigm change in how we generate and use knowledge? Are we moving more away from proprietary thinking towards open source thinking?". An expanded version of the December 2012 blog post - "An inconvenient truth?" - will be published as kiwanja's contribution. The journal is due out later this month. Further details available here
January 2013: kiwanja in the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Ken Banks' recent post on the future of technology-for-development has been edited and republished on the Stanford Social Innovation Review website. The article talks about the rise of local technology and entrepreneurship capacity in the developing world, and how this will effect the power dynamic in the ICT4D sector. You can read the Stanford post here and the original blog entry here
January 2013: kiwanja in Wired Magazine feature
Wired Magazine in the UK have just run a mini feature asking a number of technologists what's exciting them at the moment. Given the connection with kiwanja's new Means of Exchange initiative, Ken Banks selected Andrew Zolli's book "Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back". An image of the magazine entry is available here
January 2013: Africa traveller essay published in "Drunken Boat"
|
|
||||||
 |
|||||||
|
|
Ken
Banks has been invited to speak at a private event in Santa Monica
this month, hosted by the Red Bull High Performance Team. The event
looks at ways that new and emerging technologies can be used to help
fulfil human potential. Some of the event may be made available
online at a later date - if so links will be made available here
Ken
Banks has been invited to join the
kiwanja'
work was recently profiled by Ashoka UK as Ken Banks was named
"Fellow of the Month". You can read more, and find a comprehensive
interview about kiwanja's ethos, background and work (downloadable
as a PDF) on the
kiwanja's Ken Banks has been invited to moderate a panel
discussion on the role of mobile technology in social
entrepreneurship and development at this year's Skoll World Forum,
due to be held in Oxford this month. According to the website, the
Forum is the "premier international platform for accelerating
entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions to the world's
social issues". Further details available on the
kiwanja.net
recently spent over a month helping mentor eleven technology
startups as they sailed around the world as part of
"In a special January/February 2012 issue, The Global Journal
released its inaugural Top 100 NGOs list - the first comprehensive
ranking of organizations operating within the non-profit world. We
are now proud to announce the launch of the second, 2013 edition.
