Episode 5 - SMS Based Voter Verification in Malawi
TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
Release Date: 06/13/2014
TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
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TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
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TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
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TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
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TechRevolution Africa Podcast Series
In this episode of TechRevolution Africa podcast series, we look at current solutions in Africa leveraging cellphone technology to optimize agribusiness/farming. Our guest shares their approach on solving some of the challenges they face in agribusiness and working with farmers in Liberia and Ghana using cellphone technology.
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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://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4bGBpc4OrkI
http://dalberg.com/documents/Dalberg_Impact_of_Internet_Africa.pdf