Contributed by Soum Paul
@marlonparker (Social Entrepreneur, CEO - JamiX) on stage now. A great quote to begin with.
"To be truly happy in this world, you first need a cell phone…" - Ted Turner
Mobile Innovation in Africa - some angles to consider:
Technologies to look at:
A bit about JamiiX -
JamiiX - comes from a place where there are large problems around drug addiction, teen suicides etc.
"South Africa stands as Africa's number one country for mobile web and mobile social networks usage."
Thus - counseling services via mobile phone. They started initially with very little infrastructure - but provided outstanding help to drug addicts who need counseling through mobile phone. "Support on the go."
They did nearly 250/300 conversations in an hour! And thus JamiiX was born.
The further integration was provided with customer support services from small companies etc. Two days ago, mobile version of JamiiX app was launched. Real-time support on *anything* now. Their future vision - take it to the world.
Contributed by Soum Paul
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