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MOBILE INNOVATION FROM AFRICA African Content Award 2014 at 2nd Ministerial Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation in Africa. Rabat, Morocco, October 14-17
JURY MEMBERS Mr Hermann Aplogan
IT Consultant Afrique Emergence
Mr Baudouin Schombe Coordinator
Centre Africain d´Echange Culturel (CAFEC)
Mr Ahmed Yahia
Senior Project Manager ITIDA
Mr Dagmawi Lemma President Ethiopian
Information Technology Professional Ass.
Ms Dorothy Gordon DG Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT Mr Andrew Gakiria
Coordinator Kenya eLearning Centre
Mr Latif Ladid
President IPv6 Forum
Mr Kamal Okba CEO Mauritel Mr Rachid Jankari
Director Jankari Consulting
Ms Maggy Beukess
Head of ICT Department University of Namibil
Mr Emmanuel Amos
Founder Programos Software
Ms Christelle Scharff Associate Professor Pace University
Ms Anne Shongwe
Founder and CEO Afroes
Ms Rabana Rapelang
DR Congo Egypt Ehiopia Ghana Kenya Luxembourg Mauritania Morocco Namibia Nigeria Senegal South Africa
Founder & CEO Rekindle Learning
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Mr Shem Ochuodho Senior Advisor Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services
South Sudan
Mr Faouzi Zaghbib
General Manager R2i
Ms Irene Kaggwa
Head, Research & Coordinator UCC
Mr Daniel Stern
Director Mobile Monday Kampala
Mr Silumesii Maboshe
Founder Pencil Case Studios
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ABOUT AFRICAN CONTENT AWARD INNOVAT IO AN N
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THE BACKGROUND
Africa’s mobile broadband penetration reaches 20% by 2014 – compared to 2% in 2010 (source ITU). It is a fact that in some A frican countries more people own a mobile phone than having access to clean water, electricity or a bank account. Mobile technologies change business conditions and ways of living in Africa, offering new perspectives to all citizens.
WHAT IT IS
The African Content Award was initiated in 2014 as a regional competition of the World Summit Award (WSA) to promote and recognize creativity from Africa and to encourage collaboration among the regional networks. The World Summit Award (WSA) was founded in 2003 in the framework of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) with its main o bjective to find out best practices in e-Content from all UN m ember states.
HOW IT WORKS
Out of all African submissions for the global WSA, an international jury selects the best projects in each of the 8 WSA categories. The objective is to find out best practices in mobile content that have an impact on society and serve local communities. In order to discover those local success stories and innovative solutions WSA works with a multi stakeholder network in 41 African countries.
THE WINNERS´EVENT
The African Content Award Winners will be celebrated at the 2nd Ministerial Forum on STI in Africa. This initiative is realized thanks to the generous invitation of the African Development Bank and the support of our partners.
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WELCOME WORDS
Peter A. Bruck AUSTRIA Chairman, World Summit Award, CEO and Chief Researcher, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft
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Christian Rupp AUSTRIA Federal Executive Secretary, eGovernment, Chancellery Office Rudi Vansnick BELGIUM President, Internet Society Belgium
George Sharkov BULGARIA Director ESI Center Eastern Europe
Catherine Warren CANADA President, FanTrust Entertainment Strategies
Elizabeth Quat CHINA Founder and Immediate Past President, Internet Professional Association (iProA)
Adam Montandon DENMARK Associate Professor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Effat El Shooky EGYPT Director of Online Distance Learning Program, Cairo Regional Center for Training on Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa -CCCPA- Cairo,
Alexander Felsenberg GERMANY CEOFelsenberg Consulting, Düsseldorf / Berlin
Dorothy K. Gordon GHANA DG, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT
Osama Manzar INDIA Founder & Director, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Madanmohan Rao INDIA Chief Researcher Mobile Monday
Anne Githuku-Shongwe KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA CEO and Founder Afroes
Manar Alhashash KUWAIT Secretary General, Kuwait e-Award; e-Leader, UN GAID
Latif Ladid LUXEMBOURG President, IPv6 Forum Rudy Laddaga Lopez MEXICO CEO and Co-Founder, U-TOUR
Jak Boumans NETHERLANDS Managing Director, Electronic Media Reporting
Anya Sverdlov RUSSIAN FEDERATION Managing
African gems from Morocco to South Africa – a pan-African diameter of excellence Everybody knows that Africa has with 540 million users one of the fastest growing mobile phone markets in the world. And the conversion from voice to data is in full swing. The question now is, will the voices of Africa go silent when data dominate or will African content producers and mobile app designers be able to stand up and deliver what people need and do so in high quality? The World Summit Award, an initiative organized in the UN process of the World Summit on the Information society (WSIS), is presenting this year for the first time the best products submitted as national best from 41 African countries. With the African Content Award you can find mobile content which tackles local
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challenges and which demonstrates a strong impact on African society. The awardees offer with their most innovative solutions new ways of living in Africa, new perspectives to all citizens, and offer solutions that are relevant for the continent. Appropriate deployment of mobile content will support African countries to leap-frog their developmental challenges. Thus, it is most important to select the real gems and to showcase the light house projects and products. I thank the African Development Bank for their kind invitation to recognize the first set of WSA African Content Award winners during the STI forum in Rabat and our partners ITIDA, ISESCO, African Innovation Foundation and Millennium@EDU for their kind support. Prof. Dr. Peter A. Bruck Chairman of the WSA Board of Directors
Jasna Matic SERBIA Special Adviser for Competitveness and Knowledge Economy | Ministry of Finance and Economy
Maya Makanjee SOUTH AFRICA Chief Officer Corporate Affairs | Vodacom Group Limited Reshan Dewapura SRI LANKA Chief Executive Officer, ICT Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA) Ralph Simon UNITED KINGDOM CEO & Founder, Mobilium International, Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas
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Morocco Technology and innovation will be one of the priority areas for responding to the challenges in the post-2015 Development  agenda. Building skills, investing in new technologies and creating jobs is one of the African Development Bank’s core operational priorities. How can we help African countries apply ICT to leapfrog development outcomes? How can we advise governments on the optimal and cost effective use of ICT for development? The African Content Award is an excellent initiative in recognizing the work of African entrepreneurs and innovators. Its first winners show how innovative entrepreneurs tackle local challenges with the use of ICTs. I congratulate each of the nominees and winners, and I am delighted that they will present their projects and ideas during our 2nd Ministerial Forum on Science Technology and Innovation in Morocco. Donald Kaberuka President of the African Development Bank Group
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Burkina Faso 3 Ghana Benin Nigeria
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Mauritius 1 Namibia 2
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m-BUSINESS & COMMERCE SALES KIT Tunisia Tahar Jarboui, Apptiv-IT www.apptiv-it.com www.sales-kit.com
ZOONA Zambia William Nanjero, Zoona ilovezoona.com
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Sales-Kit is a web mobile cloud app and cross-media application for SMEs aiming to make sales processes more effective, easier and collaborative. It allows sales teams to present their product catalogues interactively, take orders, check inventory in real-time, generate quick reports, cross sell ad upsells and access customer records and order history on-the-go or during trade shows. Sales-Kit saves time and eliminates paper work, reporting and costs for publications and catalogues. The application works offline and online and is available for Android, iOS, as well as web applications. Sales-Kit is innovative and empowering benefiting sales teams and managers alike.
BOXIMIZE Egypt Mostafa Ashour, Tryvin www.boximize.com
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U-REPORT Uganda
Erik Frisk, U-report
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BANZENTY Egypt Mohamed Taman, efinance www.efinance.com.eg bit.ly/1stc5ZA
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U-report is a cost free SMS based system that gives Ugandans the chance to voice their opinions on issues that they care about. Every week an SMS poll or alert is sent to all U-reporters soliciting opinions on a given issue, such as information about free vaccinations, or asking if plants in different regions are infected with bacteria. Responses are immediately analysed in real time by the U-report data platform. U-report has multiple uses, such as raising awareness about certain issues, promoting community-led development and information sharing, as well as advocating at a national level. Each month U-report results are publicised in national media channels and in parliament to ensure decision makers have access to information regarding their districts or ministries. In 2013, there were already 250,000 U-reporters with an average age of 24 and becoming more numerous every day
VOTO MOBILE Ghana Levi Goertz, VOTO Mobile www.votomobile.org go.votomobile.org/register
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M-LEARNING & EDUCATION RETHINK EDUCATION MXIT APP South Africa Douglas Richard Hoernle, Rethink Education, www.rethinkeducation.co.za get.mxit.com
STERIO.ME Lesotho Christopher Pruijsen, Sterio.me www.sterio.me
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ReThink Education allows learners to access engaging content using a social platform via any device, while giving teachers the ability to track, monitor and observe user progress. An average high school learner does not engage in learning by means of traditional PCbased educational software. In the students preferred use of technology, they interact & use ‘chat’-styled community platforms such as Mxit, South Africa’s largest social network. The Rethink Education platforms feed into this style preference by delivering educational content broken down into ‘bite-size bits’ and presented through a chat interface. ReThink provides the complete grade 8 – 12 Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Natural Science curriculum in multiple languages ReThink Education has over 400 000 active users.
GHANA READS Ghana Kofi Essien, Open Learning Exchange www.oleghana.org www.ghanareads.org
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MDG - MALARIA DESTROYER GAME Nigeria Ekeh Pius Junior, Mobile Software Solutions Limited www.mobilesoftware.com.ng bit.ly/1nFCqTY
HERO FROM THE PAST Tunisia Ayoub GHARBI, NewGen bit.ly/1stc5ZA
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Malaria Destroyer Game (MDG™) is a multi- layered series of educational mobile games designed to save lives and eradicate malaria in Africa – particularly in Nigeria. The full graphics animation tackles the challenge of 300,000 annual deaths caused by malaria in Nigeria. It offers the user insights into the major challenges in the eradication of mosquitoes from the environment. MDG™ users learn everything about how mosquitos transmit the illness in a simple and fun way. Quizzes and learning cards enhance knowledge of malaria habitat, while users can fight mosquitos in adventure game settings.
OWARE 3D Ghana Setriakor Nyomi, Kobbys Hobby Games play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=com. kobbyshobby.Oware3D
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M-TOURISM & CULTURE SAFARI TALES Kenya Njeri Wangari, Afrokidz Ltd safaritales.mobi/ safaritales.mobi/
ETHIOEXPLORE Ethiopia Abdi Getachew Biru, Addis Ababa University, Department of Computer Science www.torrapk.com/apps/ app-details? id=5512&name= EthioExplore&hl=en 10
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Safari Tales is a children’s educational android mobile app for learning African languages, traditional tales and indigenous knowledge. Societies on the African continent are largely oral and the app fills the gap between older generations and young digital natives. Safari Tales is inspired by rich African cultures and brings African tales, poems, tongue twisters and songs in African languages (for now Kiswahili) to kids between 2 and 9 years. They can listen to the stories and read them in tandem using the built-in dictionary. The app and some basic content are free, while further content can be bought.
KLOK TOUR GUIDE Botswana Kesego Tumisang, University Of Botswana www.amazon.com/ KLOK-Tours/dp/ B00LOMDK6Y
M-MEDIA & NEWS
EL MASRY EL YOUM Egypt
Mohamed Ahmed Essawi, asgatech www.asgatech.com bit.ly/1uFjjNR
NEWSHOME United Republic Of Tanzania Gideon Mugalula Mugalula, The Bridge Ltd www.mybridge.biz play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=com. creativelab.newshome
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El Masry El Youm (AMAY) is an online newspaper application developed for a leading newspaper in Egypt. AMAY offers users the Âlatest news online, a video stream via YouTube, SMS and MMS newsletter services and offline news for the latest 50 topics. Users are offered photo galleries and cartoons plus an option to post news tips, collect favourites and share contents through Facebook, Âtwitter and email. The system provides three types of push notifications to which users may subscribe. In a second phase, the app will be linked with the hardcopy newspaper and utilize multimedia content via augmented reality technology that cannot be fully accessed otherwise.
INFOBOXX SMS Ghana Kwame Ofori, TXTGHANA www.txtghana.com Infoboxx.com/mobi
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M-ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH YOUR HEALTH | SEHATUK Morocco Lakhdissi Zouheir, Dial Technologies S.A app.dialy.net bit.ly/1wzFhFa
ỌMỌMI Nigeria Charles Immanuel Akhimien, MOBicure www.mobicure.biz play.google.com/store/ apps/details?id=com. mobicure.omomi
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Your Health is the first medical orientation application offering a vast overview of all health care matters for Moroccans. It supports patients in finding the closest pharmacy on duty, doctors’ offices, clinics, hospitals or laboratories in Morocco. Users can contact facilities by phone or find their address on a map. Your Health also offers price comparisons for medication available locally, provides information on indications and dosages of medications and checks if they are refundable or not. An Arabic version, a mobile web version, Myhealth women, as well as a second version with medication alerts, health indicators and first diagnosis, are all underway.
FOYOM-HEALTH Rwanda Mutangana Aphrodice, Foyo Group Ltd www.foyo.rw
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SNOOCODE Ghana Ses Flyd TinyDavid www.snoocode.com bit.ly/XmrkuP
PLIRISMOBILE | PLIRISMOBILE AFRICAN KEYBOARD Nigeria Oluwafemi Adeola Alade, PlirisMobile Nigeria Limited www.plirismobile.com
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SnooCode is a free mobile application that solves the problem of the lack of addresses in developing countries like Ghana. It provides everyone in rural or urban areas with a unique geolocation based code which can be used to provide directions to any location in the country. In a robust and easy way, SnooCode uses a GPS enabled phone avoiding costly bureaucracy, even where there is no telephone infrastructure. In Ghana, most people, with the exception of the most wealthy, live without official addresses, even in urban areas. Aggregating these codes can greatly improve logistics in everything from eCommerce to public health. SnooCode demonstrates inclusion through a service taken for granted in so many countries – having an address.
JOBBER Benin Florentio Ulrich de Souza, MobileLab bit.ly/1pALqsv
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Algeria Mohamed Saad-Laib DIDACTICA, Higher School of Management and Information Technologies Benin Hermann Aplogan Afrique Emergence Botswana Agang Diltlhogo The Clicking Foundation Burkina Faso Sylvestre Ouedraogo Yam Pukri Burundi Jean Paul Nkurunziza Burundi Youth Training Centre (BYTC) Cameroon John Nsoga AfricaCom International Group Chad Golmadingar Djimtangar CENTRE DREAM BENOIT XVI Comoros Karim Attoumani Comores Telecom (ex-SNPT) Côte d’Ivoire Kudzo Tay Coopération Conseil International Egypt Ahmed Yahia Information Technology Industry Development Agency- ITIDA Ethiopia Dagmawi Lemma Ethiopian Information Technology Professional Association Gabon Thanguy Obame Ministry of Labor Gambia Poncelet O. Ileleji The Gambia YMCAs Ghana Dorothy Gordon Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT Guinea Elisabeth Sagno CENTRE DREAM BENOIT XVI Kenya Andrew Gakiria e-Government Directive, Office of the President Lesotho Thato Lilyan Bolila Department of Science and Technology Liberia Abraham Massaley Press Union of Liberia Madagascar Lala Andriamampianina University of Antananarivo Malawi Derek Lakudzala BUMAS International Mali Mariko Simbara (AGETIC) Institut of Information Technology and communication Mauritania Kamal Okba Mauritel Mauritius Dave Kissoondoyal Internet Society of Mauritius Morocco Rachid Jankari Jankari Consulting Mozambique Zauria Saifodine ICT Policy Implementation Technical Unit Namibia Maggy Beukes-Amiss University of Namibia Niger Adamou Iro Haut Commissariat aux TIC/ Cabinet du Premier Ministre Nigeria Emmanuel Amos Programos Software Limited Rwanda Paul Kukubo East Africa Exchange Senegal Christelle Scharff Pace University Sierra Leone Algernon Brian Johnson COMIUM (SL) Somalia Mohamed Ibrahim Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications South Africa Rapelang Rabana Yeigo Communications South Africa Lumko Mtimde Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Sudan Noureldien Abdulrahman Faculty of Computer Science South Sudan Shem Ochuodho Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services Togo Olévié Kouami Institut of Information and Communication Technologies for Development Tunisia Faouzi Zaghbib R2i Uganda Daniel Stern Mobile Monday Kampala United Rep. of Tanzania Faith Shimba Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology United Rep. of Tanzania Catherinerose Barretto Kinu Zambia Silumesii Maboshe PencilCase Studios Zimbabwe Eliada Gudza World Links
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INVITATION TO JOIN US IN EGYPT ITIDA HOSTS THE AFRICAN CONTENT AWARD 2015/16 The World Summit Award (WSA) holds a partnership agreement with Egypt as the hosting country for the African Content Award for the coming years. Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), an affiliate body to the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), endeavored to take partnership opportunities with WSA where Egypt can add value to the African information and communications industry as well as create an ideal arena for supporting the African innovators and entrepreneurs. ITIDA’s ambition is to build and champion a world-class IT industry that will play an increasingly vital role in Egypt’s economic growth. We are looking forward to welcoming you in Egypt!
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How do you know what´s best? WSA GLOBAL CONGRESS ABU DHABI, FEB 01–03 2015
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