"Emerging Engagement Models/ Lessons at the intersection of emerging technologies and emerging economies." Presented by Stephen Goodman to Silicon Valley Microfinance Network (SVMN) August 19, 2009.
11. More Accessible, Elastic and Scalable ICTs
“Innovators” “Incubators” “Connectors”
New Set of Audiences for Engagement
Micro-enterprise Social-enterprise Tech-enterprise
Focus on New Models for Economic Success
Data Free and Open Cloud Computing
Management Source Software
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An Emerging Set of Technology Tools
Recognize that technology is not an end-solution
but that appropriate AND innovative tools 11
help boost social, economic and civic activity in positive ways.
12. Technology in the Eco-system
Uses FOSS to work with
government, civil society, rural Mobile platform for pre-paid Delivers connectivity to rural
development initiatives airtime popular w/ communities via Wi-fi
remittances technology & digital storage
Incubates mobile
entrepreneurs, transforms Develops tech solutions via Delivers Internet, voice
programming curricula w/ mobile devices for health, service in underserved towns
FOSS in African universities government, enterprise for via local kiosks & SMEs
emerging communities
Open source, world-class Leading Kenyan telecom
Microfinance-centric rolled out M-pesa, the largest Creates/sells affordable ICTs
management information mobile banking services in for governments, NGOs and
system Africa private enterprises to serve
rural communities
.
To truly be innovative, integration of new models 12
is necessary in emerging communities