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kiwanja.net believes that all non-profits, whatever their size and wherever they
operate, should be given the opportunity to implement the latest mobile technologies
in their work, and actively seeks to provide the tools and the environment to enable
them to do so

     With a key focus on developing countries, and a particular
     emphasis on low-cost, grassroots, sustainable solutions,
     kiwanja.net is unique in that it combines a strong business
     and technology background with a degree in anthropology
     and over 15 years conservation and development experience
     in countries including Nigeria, Zambia, South Africa, Uganda,
     Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mozambique and more recently, India

kiwanja.net's work is innovatively and uniquely centred around three complementary areas:

   Inform
   Firstly, providing mobile-related information to those who need it most

   Advise
   Secondly, once they have it, helping them make sense of it

   Act
   Finally, once they understand it, providing the tools to help them act on it

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

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