I’ve wanted to do a Pecha Kucha presentation ever since I heard someone say ‘pe-chak-cha’, and even more since Jon Slack and co. put on Canon Tales at the London Book Fair in 2009. So when he and Aaron O’Dowling-Keane gave me a speaking spot at the launch of the launch of the International New Publishing Network (@INPN_Innovate), I jumped. Continue reading
The mHealth Alliance has released a fascinating paper called “Advancing the dialogue on mobile finance and mobile health: country case studies”. The case studies are from Ghana, Kenya, the Philippines and Haiti, and explore the important way mobile financial services make meaningful mobile-health initiatives possible.
A recent discussion on the mHealth Working Group mailing list mentioned four organisations working in the area of healthcare education on smartphones and tablets. They look really interesting. Continue reading
In less than a decade MTN has taken 40% market share in Nigeria largely as a result of letting informal entrepreneurs resell its products. In a fascinating article on How We Made It In Africa, Robert Neuwirth describes how they did it. Continue reading
Last night I attended Talking Heads at the Africa Centre, and it was fantastic. One participant described it like speed-dating for the mind: four twenty-minute conversations, each with three other people, each led by an expert in their area. Each table’s participants are randomly selected, so you have no idea beforehand who you’ll be speaking to. I was there as an ‘expert’ to talk about the future of books in Africa, and I called my presentation “Every book within walking distance of every home within 5 years”. I prepared notes, but only as a guide to the conversation, each of which was completely different. This is what I prepared.