Category: Uganda

All things Uganda

AppLab Uganda

February 19, 2010

This past week, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Grameen Foundation’s AppLab won the Global Mobile award for “Best Use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development”.  This was in conjunction with their partners MTN Uganda and Google.  Congratulations should go out to the entire AppLab team, as this is an effort that … More AppLab Uganda

Mobile influence

February 6, 2010

Even before the Uganda visit in Fall 2009 (and since), I had done a great deal of research on the astonishing growth of mobile in Africa.  Recently, I saw a report that indicated approximately 33% of African’s have a mobile device, whereas in 2000 that number was roughly 2%.  Now a jump of 30+ percent … More Mobile influence