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FRUGAL INNOVATION WITH SOFTWARE
Betty Enyonam Kumahor (@enyok) YOW! Conference 2015 BRISBANE
Milwaukee Cleveland Atlanta London
FRUGAL INNOVATION WITH SOFTWARE Betty Enyonam Kumahor (@enyok) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
FRUGAL INNOVATION WITH SOFTWARE Betty Enyonam Kumahor (@enyok) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
FRUGAL INNOVATION WITH SOFTWARE Betty Enyonam Kumahor (@enyok) YOW! Conference 2015 BRISBANE Milwaukee Atlanta London Cleveland Accra Accra Hatorgodo Keta 1. The context is everything 2. Africa is NOT mobile first it is
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Accra Accra Hatorgodo Keta
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- 1. The context … is everything
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- 2. Africa is NOT mobile first …
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… it is mobile only.
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- 3. Constraints breed frugal innovation
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Story 1: Browsing on a budget…
Poor connectivity Expensive data plans Poor download speeds
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Story 2: Who needs SSL?
Scratch card payments SMS-based validation Scratch card with value Processing Laptop SMS Validation Laptop SMS Verify value remaining SMS Return verification number
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Story 3: It’s about the context …
How to provide security services?
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Story 4: Spatial analytics on a budget
TWENDE (IBM Research) Utilising low fidelity cameras Directions by SMS
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Story 5: Mobile micro-manufacturing??
Facilitate micro- manufacturing Access to markets
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Story 5: It’s about the social engineering…
Technology manages paper Many frugal innovations =
- ne big
innovation
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Story 6: How to locate your customer?
Lack of an address system How to enable package routing?
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Why should this matter?
Africa’s history of exporting innovation …
Pay as you go Amazon EC2 Tesla Mobile payments (e.g. Apple Pay)
... will continue because:
Most countries have BOP needs The need for frugal innovation is on the increase
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So the question for you is…
What frugal African innovation will you be using
next?
Why not pitch in now?