USSD is available on all cellphones yet one can't find as many apps as one can think should be. USSD gateways are hard(very) to acquire. The solution suggested is a shared, street-affordable gateway where -
-developer with idea for an app downloads the _easilyUssd SDK.
-App is designed and developed on the devkit
-App is submitted to _easilyUssd where its vetted for practicality
-If it passes it gets hosted and the app is assigned a '*000*1234#'-type address.
-The app's address can then be distributed via sms, wap, etc.
_easilyUssd
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MobilE - Virtual Thinkers
MobilE - Virtual Thinkers
MobilE is web application system that helps in finding people that are the victims of disasters such as the one that happened in Haiti. The users send multimedia information at no cost and this information is sent to the system, this one sends it to people related to the people in need (family and organisation in the nearest area who can help).It locates the people in need of help and rank them by order of urgency. It has a mobile web version that accurately and rapidly provides all information needed to help the unfortunate people.
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Airtime Conversion
How many times have you found yourself stuck with mobile phone airtime from a provider different from the one you use?
The system I propose would alleviate this by converting the airtime from whichever provider to airtime that you can actually use without resorting to buying another SIM card. Charges for the services can be levied as a percentage of transaction amount.
Why?
Because many a time the shops could be out of the airtime that the subscriber requires but have plenty of airtime from a different service provider.
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A mobile Application for Kenyan Farmers
Farmers in Kenya face a big challenge when it comes to using new technologies to enhance their farming and increase their produce. They need an application to enable them market their produce, learn how to control popular pests and diseases and know the prevailing weather conditions too.
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Visualizing Community Realms of Influence
http://www.uwewh.org –
I would (as would many in the non-profit sector) love a way to map
relationships between orgs/staff/initiatives that could be easily
accessible via mobile and linked to GIS and related databases.
It would be a hybrid of social mapping: (http://blendingthemix.com/
2009/07/22/possibly-the-best-facebook-friend-mapping-tool-to-date/)
but the "realms" of influence could be sorted/arranged based on area
of focus--i.e. health, education, etc.; or neighborhood--South Ward,
North Ward; City...whatever field is most relevant to the individual
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