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Episode 5 - SMS Based Voter Verification in Malawi

TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series

Release Date: 06/13/2014

In this episode of the podcast series, we discuss two articles and topic around the use of ICT to optimize the education system and education delivery in Africa by reducing cost through technology. We also discuss the capability developed by the government of Malawi using SMS and Web Portal for providing its citizens with voter verification and voting polling stations. We discuss how the capability is developed and benefits of the SMS based solutions for voter verification.

Reference

http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/malawians-start-mobile-and-web-voter-verification/8029/#.U5TYMpRdV1Q

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4bGBpc4OrkI 

http://dalberg.com/documents/Dalberg_Impact_of_Internet_Africa.pdf