Mobile Activism in Africa

MobileAc*visminAfrica

Jour Fixe 2009 Medien und Entwicklung

Berlin

Chris*anKreutzPhoto: DavidDennisPhotos.com (CC)

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1 Mobile Phones in Africa

3 Mobile Activism • Public Sphere • Participation • Transparency • Networking

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Challenges

Discussion

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NASA Image

The right picture?

Highestgrowthratesworldwide

99%ofTanzaniansareindirectreachofamobilephone

ThehighesttraffictotheBBCmobilewebsitescomesfromAfrica

Innova*onsaroundmobilephoneshappeninAfrica

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1 Reception

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4 Publication

Networking

The mobile phone combines all former media

Documentation

From a passive recipient to an active user.

6Source: The Promise of Ubiquity. Internews Europe

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MobileAc*visminAfrica

NetworkingTransparency

Par*pica*onPublicSphere

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PublicSphere

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http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com

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Source: http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com/site/Guinness_factory_pollutes_water_sources/list_messages/21566

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Par*cipa*on

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SMS-Radio campaign against domestic violence in in Congo

AZUR Development

http://www.azurdev.org

Photo Erik Hersmann

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Transparency

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Monitoring of Elections

in many African countries

Source: http://www.digiactive.org/research/mobile-activism-in-african-elections-a-comparative-case-study/

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Networking

17Photo Dan Morrison (CC)

Protest

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General Strike for the People of Egypt

Usage

Costs

Disparity

Government

Control

Surveillance

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BusinessConcept

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Ac*vism

Beginning

Instrument

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