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LINKS FROM AFRIKA DAG
Saturday, April 25, 2009
A selection of links that were of interest to people during the Afrika-Dag-discussion we held on mobile phones versus computers and their comparative advantages in the various learning contexts in Africa.
Mobile statistics per country in Africa
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Schoolnet Africa
The Saints, mobile company
Unsung Peace Hero competition, sms and web
Learning about Living, Nigeria, e-learning and mobile learning
MPESA, mobile banking Kenya
Mobile banking South Africa
Akvo, water crowd sourcing
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Other good sources
Mobile active platform and round up for activists and mobiles
Mobile in a box
Classmate pc
From Intel, the competitor of OLPC
Acapes Senegal blog Exchange, an online exchange between students in Senegal and the Netherlands
Articles to read
From Congo to Kathmandu, how mobiles have transformed the world
OLPC in Ethiopia
Twitter talk at TED (video talk), learn about this amazing web and mobile tool
Gapminder (video), debunk myths about developing countries
2008, Netherlands
2009, Ghana
2010, Kenya