Following an appearance earlier this year at GSM Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Ken Banks has been invited to an invitation-only World Economic Forum meeting in New York next month which will focus on collaborative opportunities between the telecommunications, financial services, healthcare and media & entertainment industries. Addressing the critical issues needed to catalyze innovative … Continue reading NEWS: World Economic Forum invitation for kiwanja.net
Month: August 2008
Staying connected. And relevant.
In the fast-moving social mobile space, keeping up with developments can be a tricky affair. For every initiative we unpick, examine and discuss there are dozens more which never end up gracing the pages of the world wide web, or are never profiled at conferences or in magazines, books or other ICT4D publications. Understanding what … Continue reading Staying connected. And relevant.
Future FrontlineSMS
Today has turned out to be rather significant for FrontlineSMS. Two months and two days since we released the new version we’ve hit our 500th download request. Although I didn’t set any targets back on launch day, by all accounts we’ve done incredibly well and FrontlineSMS is now likely the most widely adopted non-profit text … Continue reading Future FrontlineSMS
NEWS: Busy final conference quarter for kiwanja
Ken Banks has been invited to attend a number of conferences and internal meetings over the next three months. Confirmed conferences include: Open Source in Mobile (OSiM), Berlin (September 2008) World Economic Forum (Telecommunications Industry Partners Strategy Meeting), New York (September 2008) Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting, New York (September 2008) Social Capital Markets 2008, … Continue reading NEWS: Busy final conference quarter for kiwanja
NEWS: Ken Banks interviewed by anthropology researchers
Ken Banks has been interviewed by researchers at the University of Texas for a forthcoming book focussing on how anthropologists are contributing to the development of technologies that address the challenges of globalisation. According to the books authors, “The phenomenon of globalization has generated many opportunities for anthropologists to make a practical difference in the … Continue reading NEWS: Ken Banks interviewed by anthropology researchers
Time. And place.
“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment. It is not in luck or chance, or the help of others. It is in yourself alone…” Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924)
A Malawian perspective on FrontlineSMS
Josh Nesbit – a Senior in the Human Biology Program at Stanford University – spent the best part of this summer working in a rural hospital in Malawi, where he also implemented FrontlineSMS. Here, Alexander Ngalande, the Home-Based Care nurse at St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Namitete, talks about his experiences of the software, and how … Continue reading A Malawian perspective on FrontlineSMS
NEWS: kiwanja’s latest PC World column online
The October 7th, 2001 invasion of Afghanistan did more than mark the beginning of the “War on Terror.” It also paved way for the introduction of the first mobile phone networks in the country, networks that today find themselves pawns in the fight between the Taliban, the government and security forces. kiwanja’s latest PC World … Continue reading NEWS: kiwanja’s latest PC World column online
FrontlineSMS on the frontline
The October 7th, 2001 invasion of Afghanistan didn’t only mark the beginning of the “War on Terror“. It also paved way for the introduction of the first mobile phone networks into the country, networks which today find themselves pawns in a game of cat-and-mouse between the Taleban, the government, security forces, mobile operators and aid … Continue reading FrontlineSMS on the frontline
NEWS: kiwanja’s latest PC World column online
With mobile banking taking off around much of the developing world, how long will it be before international aid is delivered electronically? Sound crazy? If you think so, you might be surprised to hear that it’s already started happening. kiwanja’s latest PC World column – “Delivering Aid in a Digital World” – considers a future … Continue reading NEWS: kiwanja’s latest PC World column online
Messaging by numbers
With well over four hundred download requests for the new (well, latest) version of FrontlineSMS, it seemed like a good time to dig a little deeper and see if any patterns were emerging. It’ll be interesting to do this again in the coming months, and see how or if these numbers have changed over time. … Continue reading Messaging by numbers
Chilubula 08.93 to Karuma 08.98
This is no ordinary August. In fact, it’s a bit of a double anniversary for me… If you’d have come looking for me fifteen years ago, you’d have needed to get yourself to Chilubula, a small town about an hours drive from Kasama in northern Zambia, where I was working on a building project. In … Continue reading Chilubula 08.93 to Karuma 08.98