Category Archives: Research

SwiftRiver WhitePaper

May 12, 2010 |
Date: May 2010Client: Ushahidi / SwiftRiverLink 1: http://swift.ushahidi.com Link 2: http://ushahidi.com About: SwiftRiver is a free and open source software platform that uses algorithms and crowdsourcing to ...
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Health Results by SMS

May 12, 2010 |
Date: March 2010Client: n/aLink 1: http://resultssms.org/ Link 2: http://www.globalhealth.harvard.edu/ About: Many medical test results in the developing world are never received by patients and not acted ...
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Market Research on Bandwidth in Africa

May 12, 2010 |
Date: December 2009Client: n/aLink 1: http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/11/13/infostate-of-africa/ Link 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ww4f/4100142073/ About: The fiber infrastructure and bandwidth available to Africans is rapidly progressing. Our Quarterly Infostate of Africa ...
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Mobile Data Collection with UNICEF

May 11, 2010 |
Date: October 2009Client: UNICEFLink 1: http://unicef.orgLink 2: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/uganda.html About: Rwanda is a living and breathing example of UN reform. The aim is to be more coherent ...
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Visualizing Global Aid with Ujima

May 11, 2010 |
Date: Sept 2009 – CurrentClient: UshahidiLink 1: http://ujima-project.orgLink 2: http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/09/19/appfricast-16-ujima-and-the-future-of-journalism-3/ About: The Ujima Project is a new experiment in journalistic transparency. The Web site offers ...
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Periodic Table of World Internet Facts

May 11, 2010 |
Date: December 2009Client: n/aLink 1: http://appfrica.net/blog/2009/12/13/periodic-table-of-world-internet-facts/ Link 2: About: Twenty-Five percent (about 1.73 billion) of the world’s population is currently online, largely in developed world countries. ...
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Luganda Translation Project with Google

May 11, 2010 |
Date: July 2009Client: GoogleLink 1: http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/uganda-talks/uganda-talks/102-uganda-talks/1347-google-launches-in-luganda Link 2: http://sites.google.com/site/gwscommunitytranslation/uganda/volunteertranslatinggooglecougintoluganda About: Google is one of the world’s largest technology companies. Google.co.ug is the Ugandan portal for ...
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Welcome to Appfrica Labs

February 26, 2010 |
Appfrica Labs began as a software consultancy that develops innovative solutions for developing countries. We serve a global list of clients, working to collaboratively ...
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