Last week the RLabs Nigeria partners had an interesting call discussing the rollout of the new project that will be using technology to address the problems of HIV. This partnership between Youth for Technology and RLabs will be supported by Indigo Trust who is know for its impact investments in Africa. The next few weeks [...]
In the past it was common just to think in one way to solve a specific problem. The norm was to have a specific starting point and then using a predefined step-by-step approach to work towards the solution. The road to the solution was therefore always clearly marked with one direction and innovation was sometimes [...]
MobileYouth Report 2012: Generation O View more presentations from Graham Brown (mobileYouth)
As part of the continuous growth of RLabs to empower and equip communities especially youth, our Nigeria partner Youth for Technology received a welcomed grant from Indigo Trust to provide peer-to-peer sexual health counselling in the southeastern and Niger Delta regions of Nigeria. The project aims to equip young people with the tools to be [...]
Over the past week RLabs in collaboration with JamiiX started its 2nd Mobile Report for 2011 (Our first Mobile report is available here). The focus of the report will be on the response of youth (aged 13 – 35) in South Africa to Mobile Advertising. After 5 days of running the Mobile Survey we managed [...]
Hivos (The Hague) and The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore) consolidate their 3 year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth, technology and change in the 4 book collective “Digital AlterNatives with a cause?”. I’ve had the privilege of being part of this journey and under the supervision of Nishant Shah and Fieke Jansen [...]
Currently in Amsterdam and over the last few weeks I’ve really been thinking about startups and the impact they can have in Society. It is also very difficult to find startups that adds value and meaning in society. Everyone wants to create the next BIG thing to be the next Facebook or Twitter, yet there [...]
Great video by the Praekelt Foundation showing the current mobile phone trends in Africa. We will be revealing some research early next week regarding mobile phones in South Africa. Enjoy the video:
Steve Blank Serial Entrepreneur and Investor is visiting Aalto University (One of the RLabs partners) gave a public keynote to some 800 students and alumni at the Aalto School of Economics. Favorite quote: “Other half of an entrepreneurial ecosystem is the crazy VCs”.
Nokia Create 4 Millions from ONEMINSTORY VIDEOS on Vimeo. Share your idea for an app and see it through as it’s developed into reality. Winners will be rewarded with a trip to Nokia World in London in October 2011. In addition, all winners will receive a brand new Nokia dual SIM device. Read more here.
