(c) Techno Brain | The role of communication technologies in starting up child helplines - Africa, mobile & more International Consultation 2014, CHI, London First Slide
(c) Techno Brain | Today – setting up a child helpline in Africa takes 6 months Reasons In- country Hardware & AMC Integration with telecom operator Fly in engineers for deployment Only one channel – IVR & Call Center Not a COTS yet !!! Why??? 116 SLOW – EXPENSIVE – LIMITED
(c) Techno Brain | Tomorrow – the art of the possible Smart Devices CloudOpen Source Mobile app Internet
(c) Techno Brain | Internet – is spreading in Africa 54 countries 30.2 million km 2 area 1 billion population 80% mobile penetration 27% have 2.5G 11% have 3G Source % of consumers who currently don’t browse internet on their mobile are interested to do so in the future 216 mobile operators 120 3G networks
(c) Techno Brain | Cloud – the fastest way to get started 10X cheaper & faster implementation Hardware, software of any configuration Remote deployment & maintenance 99.9% availability Pay as you grow
(c) Techno Brain | Open source – the alternative OS Database App App Server Language 0 license fee Mature technologies Large developer ecosystem
(c) Techno Brain | Mobile app – the new One touch panic button Location trackingTalk to an agent Registration Send voiceSend videoSend pictures Social Media Notifications
(c) Techno Brain | Smart devices – affordable for everyone $100 $25 $599 > 5X drop in price over 6 years
(c) Techno Brain | Smart devices – everyone will have one mn smartphones, 12% penetration Source : mn smartphones, 30% penetration mn smartphones, 50% penetration > 5X increase in penetration over 6 years
(c) Techno Brain | Conclusion Embrace I nternet C loud O pensource M obileapp S martdevices Africa can leapfrog Child Helpline can be more !!!
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(c) Techno Brain | Thank You Presenter Name Designation Global Presence Burundi | Ethiopia | Ghana | India | Kenya | Lesotho | Malawi | Mauritius | Mozambique | Myanmar | Namibia | Nigeria | Rwanda Saudi Arabia | South Africa | South Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | UAE | Uganda | UK | USA | Zambia | Zimbabwe
(c) Techno Brain | Tomorrow – the art of the possible What does 2014 have to offer??? Smart Devices Cloud Open Source Mobile app