Africa Leapfrogging
Frame Changers #283: Power Waiting
Frame Changers #268: Financial Inclusion
[Mobile payments are a game-changer for financial inclusion in developing countries. A major obstacle is that there aren’t many banks or agents in rural areas to liquidate the mobile money.]
Frame Changers #259: Streetlight Solution
[Streetlights and a 24-hour economy with supermarkets open at all times are helping reduce crime in the central business districts of African cities.]
Frame Changers #245: Citizen Science
Frame Changers #211: Augmented Reality
[Word Lens is an augmented reality application (on Google Glass and other platforms) that recognizes printed words using its optical character recognition capabilities and instantly translates these words into the desired language.]
Frame Changers #199: Crowdfunding Rocks
Frame Changers #182: Electronic Toilets
[Mobile payment systems, like M-Pesa, are excellent tools for increasing accountability and collecting customer data for small businesses.]
Frame Changers #158: (Reverse) Digital Divide
[In Kenya, you can use M-Pesa on your cellphone to buy airtime or airline tickets, pay your electricity or water bill, send money to friends or the security guard looking over your car.]
Frame Changers #118: The High-Tech Herder
