I was invited as a guest speaker at the Aalto Global Impact launch event where the discussion was Inclusive Business. Below is the presentation with the key fundamental points of an Inclusive Business being the existence of an Eco-System to Innovate, Empower, Educate, Scale and Sustain. 5. Marlon Parker View more presentations from rahimsaatov
The RLabs teams have been in Windhoek,Namibia for more than 2 weeks with the first team identifying the current digital and entrepreneurship Eco-system and the 2nd team started the social and digital media training with a group of young people in partnership with Namibia Business Innovation Centre (NBIC). The first week was an opportunity for [...]
Over the past few years increasingly practitioners, researchers, social entrepreneurs, technologists and others have been buzzing with the concept of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technologies for Development). Although many initiatives, projects and programmes have claimed to be ICT4D/M4D/SM4D etc. the true impact of these technologies on development of people are yet to be seen. A [...]
The Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) together with Entrelaces (Brazilian Association for Research and Projects in Education) are proud to announce the beginning of their partnership and the foundation of RLabs Brazil. The goal of this collaboration is to promote social transformation through the creation and dissemination of knowledge in order to increase the empowerment, upliftment [...]
Before I share this story, I have to say even investing $5 in LinkIn with its IPO last week will not generate this type of returns for you. So how did I manage to turn $5 into $200,000 in a few days? Well it started being introduced to a great Entrepreneur (“Steve”) in the Valley [...]
A famous quote states that “A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step” and that is what the journey of RLabs have been over the last few years. A global movement where technology and innovation are used to address local problems and bring about social transformation has been such a journey. This past [...]
One of the greatest challenges many technologists face is the adoption of their technology by the crowds and this has been like this for centuries. Below is a classic example of how scared people way back then were to new technology adoption (It comes with subtitles).
The RLabs Academy is in full swing this year with a range of community development courses being offered. Some of the courses on offer through the academy are: – Web and Information Literacy – Basic Computer Literacy – Extensive experience on Various Social Media Tools – Campaigning and Basic Marketing – Social Media and Entrepreneurship [...]
Three years ago it was interesting to see that teens choice was Nokia as their preferred mobile phone compared to other device manufacturers. We did a research study then and the device manufacturers as chosen by teens were: 1. Nokia – 50% 2. Sony Ericsson – 18% 3. Motorola – 15% 4. LG – 4% [...]
