D.6.7 Report on Extra-European LL Networking
4 Extra-European Dissemination activities w.r.t Southern Africa Healthcare is one of the domains that has got interest in the Southern African Living
Labs, that are organised in LLISA (Living Labs in Southern Africa). On behalf of Apollon,
SAP and AIM has engaged with the southern African Living labs, i.e. SAP research is involved in different living labs in South Africa.
In addition to the LLISA network, the African Living Lab network has been established. Detailed information can be found in the White Paper “Supporting the Evolution of
Sustainable Living Labs Networks in Africa” 1 that was initiated as a result of the inaugural IST-Africa Living Labs Workshop on 10 May 2011 in Gaborone and the
establishment of the EU – AU Living Labs Task Force for Africa. The description of the
African Living Labs below is taken from this white paper.
SAP Research Living Labs are based on short to medium term projects aimed at
developing and testing technologies for emerging economies (e.g. enterprise development, business software systems). SAP Research Pretoria was established in
2009 in Gauteng Province by SAP in partnership with the Meraka Institute (CSIR) with the objectives to Research and develop new ICT solutions for Emerging Economies; measure and validate the social and economic impact and investigate methodologies,
technologies and techniques for Emerging Economies. Three Living Labs have been lead
by SAP Research in South Africa: Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab/Rustica Living Lab; Overture Living Lab and PatHS Living Lab. SAP is a member of the LLiSA Network. •
Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab 2 was launched under the FP6 co- funded C@R (Collaboration at Rural) project and developed the initial collaborative
procurement service system for small scale retailers in rural communities (‘Spaza’ shops) piloted from 2008 to 2009. Building on the lessons learnt from
the C@R project, the RUSTICA 3 project, which started in 2010 aims to improve the collaborative procurement system through the introduction of smart phones,
edited by Paul Cunningham, Marlien Herselman and Miriam Cunningham, September 2011 http://www.c-rural.eu/Southafrica-LivingLab/ 3 NGASSAM E.K, KANDIE W, RABBOLINI G, Towards a Mobile eProcurement System for Small Scale Retailers in Rural South Africa, In IST-Africa 2011 Conference Proceedings, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2011, ISBN: 978-1-905824-24-3 APOLLON ICT PSP Project 11 Final Version 1 2
