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Example of CAHNET mobile projects

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  1. Community Animal Health Network A Revolution Driven By SMS Henry Kimathi Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  2. Background • Mobile phone subscribers hit 4.1 billion worldwide in 2009 • Expected to reach 5.5 billion by 2012 • Kenya, 11,440,000 (2007) • Tanzania, 9,258,000 (2008) • Sudan, 7,464,000 (2007) • Ethiopia, 1,208,000 (2007) • Uganda, 4,195,000 (2007) Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  3. Background • 2/3 of mobile phone owners are also active SMS users • Twice as many SMS users as there are email users • SMS is read within 15 minutes of receipt and responded to within 60 minutes Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  4. Trends in Application • Marketing • Informal banking • Helpdesks/Customer relations • Citizen journalism • Security/tracking • Social Networking • Polls/elections Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  5. CAHNET in the MIX • Helpline/Support Desk • SMS discussions • Advertising • Simple surveys/polls • Business Process transaction support Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  6. CAHNET in the MIX Easy to use (requires a compatible entry-level phone or modem) Can also use an online credit system like clickatell Code-based but with provision for open-ended SMS interaction 0713 214 785 Sharing Knowledge Safeguarding Livestock Improving Livelihoods

  7. CAHNET in the MIX • Works on a normal SIM card • Currently based on the Safaricom network • Tested successfully in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the UK • Contacts grouped by theme and country – easy to target message specifically • Easy to integrate with a short code Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  8. The Process… • Send query/feedback to +254713214785 Open-ended response (helpline) Thank you for using CAHNET’s M-Reporter. We value your feedback. If you had asked a question someone will respond to you shortly. Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  9. The Process… • Subscribe to the Vets group in Kenya; send an SMS starting with the word KE5F followed by your name to +254713214785 Social networking KE5F Simon Makonde Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  10. The Process… • To start a discussion in your group (or send an announcement) start your SMS with the word BUZZKEVET Open-ended queries BUZZKEVET Does anyone have a pdf of the new bill? Please send to xxx@yahoo.com Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  11. The Process… • To order Give private feedback to CAHNET (without posts to Twitter). Send open SMS to +254713214785 Open-ended user feedback Thank you for your recent updates on the field day in Mbale. We participated and established new useful contacts

  12. Other Functions • Ordering products/services via SMS. E.g. to order CAHNET’s HOW TO video on hygienic goat milking, send an SMS with the code: DVD2 • Advertising or making important announcements to a target audience • SMS poll or survey using forms or simple coded text

  13. Key Lessons • SMS is more effective if kept to the standard 160 characters. • System currently based on the Safaricom network, hence accessing it outside Kenya attracts extra roaming charges to CAHNET and the user • Allows SMS-email interface but not email-sms – these can be remedied through new software.

  14. References • Mobile Marketing Watch (www.mobilemarketingwatch.com) • International Telecommunications Union (ITU) • CIA World FactBook 2009 • Kiwanja.net (www.kiwanja.net) Sharing Knowledge· Safeguarding Livestock · Improving Livelihoods

  15. www.cahnetafrica.net Take advantage of this opportunity Sharing Knowledge Safeguarding Livestock Improving Livelihoods

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