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Praekelt Foundation is Africa's leading developer of mobile solutions to improve people's lives.
www.praekeltfoundation.org
Praekelt Foundation is happy today.
Not only has our mobile jobs platform, Ummeli, reached 150,000 unique users in just over 1.5 years since launch, but we’re also celebrating a very exciting investment by the Rockefeller Foundation who pledges to pour $100 Million into the creation of jobs and economic opportunities, for Africa’s youth over the next 7 years.
Hillbrow, Johannesburg: Imagine getting accurate, reliable information on everything from breastfeeding to eating well in pregnancy and when to visit the clinic, directly on your cellphone?
This is the power of health that the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) is putting in the hands of expectant and new mothers with the launch of MAMA in South Africa.
The launch of MAMA is especially potent in a country where the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is estimated at 300 per 100 000 live births (2010 figures, CIA World Fact Book) and at a time when 3.1 million newborn deaths occur every year across the globe.
MAMA, the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action, is launching in South Africa this week, and we are excited to be part of this occasion.
Praekelt Foundation and info4africa today announced the integration of the vital info4africa HCT (HIV Counselling and Testing) database into the YoungAfricaLive (YAL) youth focused mobile social network.
The new feature, which will provide YoungAfricaLive, a free mobile social network available to Vodacom customers, with comprehensive information on HIV testing sites across South Africa, will go live on World Aids Day, Saturday 1 December 2012.
In his opening presentation Gustav Praekelt, founder of Praekelt, an incubator for mobile technology designed to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in poverty, spoke of the opportunity that exists within the continent’s mobile market.
Praekelt Foundation and info4africa today announced the integration of the vital info4africa HCT (HIV Counselling and Testing) database into the YoungAfricaLive (YAL) youth focused mobile social network.
The new feature, which will provide YoungAfricaLive, a free mobile social network available to Vodacom customers, with comprehensive information on HIV testing sites across South Africa, will go live on World Aids Day, Saturday 1 December 2012.
PyConZA is the first ever South African gathering of developers of the open-source Python programming language.
Taking place in Cape Town from 4 – 5 October 2012, PyConZA gives the local Python community an opportunity to engage with each other, learn, and share experiences. PyConZa is being organised by the Python community for the community and presented by Praekelt Foundation – and follows on from the many other PyCons that take place yearly around the world.
The growth of mobile phone usage in the developing world is making it possible to build population-scale mobile platforms to measure and ultimately drive behaviour change. We share some of our thoughts and experiences in building these platforms at Praekelt Foundation.
Young Africa Live (YAL) now has more than one million active users across three African countries.
This is a landmark achievement for the award-winning mobile youth platform that, since 2009, has created a space for young Africans to talk about the multitude of issues that affect them including sex, relationships and, importantly, HIV/AIDS.
Spotlight On Africa - Mobile Statistics & Facts 2012
Praekelt Foundation believes that mobile technology is reshaping the future of the African continent, and that we have a chance to guide that change, using this powerful new tool to improve the lives of people living in poverty and empowering them to take charge of their own wellbeing.
We’ve created this video to spread the word, and we hope it helps us recruit more advocates for the power of mobile technology.
The future starts here!
