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Mobile-enabled social change. One SMS at a time...
Since 2003, kiwanja.net has been helping local, national and international non-profit organisations make better use of information and communications technology in their work. Specialising in the application of mobile technology, it provides a wide range of ICT-related services drawing on over 22 years experience of its founder, Ken Banks. Non-profits in over forty countries have so far benefited from a range of kiwanja initiatives, including FrontlineSMS and nGOmobile Click here for further details on kiwanja's projects, background and work ethic kiwanja.net believes that all non-profits,
whatever their size and wherever they
kiwanja.net's work is innovatively and uniquely centred around three complementary areas:
kiwanja has given a wide range of talks on the use of mobile phones in international conservation and development work, and the role anthropology can play, at a number of workshops, conferences and events These include Net Tuesday (San Francisco, 2007), IDEO (Palo Alto, 2007), Stanford University (2006, 2007), Nokia Research (Palo Alto and London, 2007/2008), Amnesty International (London and New Delhi, 2007), W3C (Bangalore, 2006 and Sao Paulo, 2008), Microsoft Research (Cambridge, 2006), t4cd (Johannesburg, 2005), the University of Surrey (UK, 2007), 16th International World Wide Web Conference (Canada, 2007), Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, 2008) and Global Messaging Congress (Cannes, 2008). Further talks and presentations are forthcoming. Check out the News page for details For a more detailed background on the work of kiwanja.net, click here. For mobile-related images from developing countries, check out the popular Mobile Gallery, or for interviews and other publication materials, go to the Links/Downloads section. The Mobile Database is one of the most comprehensive sources of mobile-related articles, projects and reports on the web, dedicated to documenting the social and environmental impact of mobile phones in developing countries. If you'd like to help out or get in touch, check out the Get involved section or, if you're on Facebook, visit The Social Mobile Group. At over 1,700 members it's the largest gathering of researchers, practitioners, bloggers, ICT professionals, developers, authors and members of the general public interested in the mobile revolution Welcome to kiwanja.net!
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