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Forum on the Mobile Ecosystem in Nepal: Perspectives from other communities

Forum on the Mobile Ecosystem in Nepal: Perspectives from other communities. December 12, 2011 Maja Andjelkovic info Dev / The World Bank Group. PARTNERSHIP INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, and ENTERPRENERUSHIP INCLUSIVE GROWTH, JOB CREATION, POVERTY REDUCTION

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Forum on the Mobile Ecosystem in Nepal: Perspectives from other communities

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  1. Forum on the Mobile Ecosystem in Nepal: Perspectives from other communities December 12, 2011 Maja Andjelkovic infoDev / The World Bank Group

  2. PARTNERSHIP • INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, and ENTERPRENERUSHIP • INCLUSIVE GROWTH, JOB CREATION, POVERTY REDUCTION • JOBS, CAPACITY, SKILLS, ACCESS TO FINANCE AND MARKETS, ENABLING POLICY AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, TEST INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

  3. Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy (CSBKE) Finland, Nokia, infoDev partnership • Encourage innovation and competitiveness among SMEs in the information and communication technologies and agribusiness sectors 5 mLabs (incubators): Armenia, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa, Vietnam 7(+1) mHubs (social networks): Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Nepal, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Georgia, Vietnam

  4. Kenya • 40 million people • 25 million mobile subscribers (62.5%) • Largest group of users earns less than USD 40 per month (one-third are students) • Second biggest income bracket is over USD 90 per month • In 2009, Airtel Kenya (Bharti) led price war saw drop in prices from Sh8 per minute to Sh3 • Most popular handsets: Nokia, LG, Samsung; very low smart phone penetration • Developer focus: PHP, Java, (Symbian), mobile web • Landscape changing (price, offerings, technology-> ecosystem)

  5. Why Social Networking? • Quickly innovating industry • Disruptive change provides opportunities for small and young firms  more entrepreneurship • Formal information sharing channels don’t yet exist • Informal networking builds trust, social capital, access to knowledge, finance and resources

  6. Examples of social networking meeting themes • Writing secure apps (Kenya) • Open data, mapping & Open Government (Tanzania) • Battle of the Mobile Platforms (Tanzania, Georgia) • Mobiles for Learning (Uganda) • Innovative use of Mobiles in Marketing and Advertising • State of Mobile Banking and Payments in Tanzania • SiliconValleyto Dar-es-Salaam Mentorship

  7. Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy AkiraChix: Kenya Mobile Social Networking Hub • Kenyan based AkiraChix aims to develop a successful female workforce in technology in East Africa • CSBKE supports Mobile Garage, a competition for mobile apps developers. Objective of competition: • Create a social networking hub • Encourage the creation of mobile applications • Create a competition for ideas to encourage entrepreneurship • Establish mentorship for developers

  8. AkiraChix

  9. IPO48 Hackathon

  10. IPO48

  11. Creating Sustainable Businesses in the Knowledge Economy M-Farm Ltd: Women-led business pioneering social networking for farmers • M-Farm is run by JamilaAbass and utilizes mobile technologies to provide agricultural information to farmers in rural Kenya • M-Farm is one of 20 SMEs to receive Access to Markets and Finance award at 2011 infoDev Global Forum in Helsinki • InfoDev will work closely with winning SMEs to grow their businesses M-Farm founder JamilaAbass

  12. App Testing Facility

  13. Incubators (2009 data, CTC Topica, Vietnam)

  14. High Growth Incubation (CRC Topica) • Intensive services for 3-4months • Not necessarily within walls (eg. weekly meetings only) • Goal: angel funding / venture capital • Success sharing • 3-7% royalties on gross sales • 6-15% equity • E.g.NZ, India, Practical Action Sri Lanka • Incubators having their own seed funds • E.g. NZ, India (Technology Development Board) • or formal links to 3rd party finance

  15. Thanks!

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