New Start

•April 28, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Dear visitor,

I have not been very active in updating this space over the last 2 years, or so. It has certainly not been because I have given up on this project. Quite to the contrary, I have been able to pursue and expand my research interests. I had the opportunity to pursue project in Ghana and South Africa.

I am now looking to share the process and the findings. I will be going through my files, libraries, and memories and looking to update all pages of this online space. I have started by updating my CV and including new publications, as well as unpublished work. It is my intention to get this space up-to-date and to share the details of my ethnographic and design journeys with like-minded people.

I hope to re-engage with anyone who is reading!

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St. James, Cape Town, South Africa

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Liberia’s Lonestar MTN threatens action against regulator

•November 27, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Liberia’s Lonestar MTN threatens action against regulator.

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Vodafone’s mobile money pioneer reveals frustration at industry progress, Latest Videos | Mobile World Live

•November 14, 2012 • Leave a Comment

M-Pesa pioneer and Vodafone’s managing director of mobile money, Michael Joseph, has told Mobile World Live of his frustration at the way in which operators have tackled mobile money deployments, claiming the industry has been held back by a lack of long-term investment.

via Vodafone’s mobile money pioneer reveals frustration at industry progress, Latest Videos | Mobile World Live.

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Facebook’s plan to find its next billion users: convince them the internet and Facebook are the same – Quartz

•October 13, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Amazing view of FB’s accessibility strategy for users of all types of devices.

via Facebook’s plan to find its next billion users: convince them the internet and Facebook are the same – Quartz.

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Key Takeaways from the World Bank’s 2012 Maximizing Mobile Report | ICTWorks

•September 26, 2012 • Leave a Comment

 

Key Takeaways from the World Bank’s 2012 Maximizing Mobile Report | ICTWorks.

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Ericsson Survey: Mobile Use in Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania

•September 7, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Wednesday, 05 September 2012 11:15

by Samuel Nii Narku Dowuona/Adom News

Survey: Only 9% phone users in Ghana use mobile money

A survey carried out by Ericsson on m-commerce (mobile money) use in Ghana and two other African countries indicate even though mobile penetration in Ghana has crossed the 90% mark, only 9% of mobile phone owners use mobile money services in country.

Ericsson’s ConsumerLab Analytical Platform Survey for 2011/2012 sampled a total of 2,048 users and non-users of m-commerce from Ghana, Tanzania and South Africa, out of which 526 were from Ghana, 502 from Tanzania and 1,020 from South Africa.

Those interviewed were between 16 and 60 of age, and they live mostly in Accra, Ghana; Johannesburg, South Africa and Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania.

The survey also borrowed from existing statistical data from the three respective countries, and the report showed that an aggregate of 30 million people from the three countries had neither mobile phones nor bank accounts, but there is a whopping 90 million mobile phone users, out of which 50 million are unbanked and 40 million have bank accounts.

via Survey: Only 9% phone users in Ghana use mobile money.

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South Africa: USAASA Telecentre Fail Revealed

•September 7, 2012 • Leave a Comment

By Farzana Rasool, ITWeb IT in Government Editor.

Johannesburg, 31 Aug 2012

Dina Pule, SA Communications Minister

 

The Universal Service and Access Agency of SA (USAASA) aimed to rollout more than 280 telecentres since 2006, but to date only managed to achieve just over half of this, even though millions have been spent.

Responding to a question in the National Assembly earlier this month, communications minister Dina Pule said to date USAASA had 160 centres deployed.

Of the 160 established centres so far, only 96 are operational. This is due to, among other reasons, obsolete equipment, centres burnt down during service delivery protests, vandalism, stolen equipment, disintegrated management structures, failure to pay service providers, part of the buildings being used as taverns and incomplete centres.

via USAASA telecentre fail revealed | ITWeb.

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