Tag Archives: mobile phones

Text messages save mothers’ lives in Rwanda

A recent CNN article highlights interesting use of mobile technology in Rwanda, where the government has issued nearly 500 mobile phones to community health care workers in the rural Musanze district.  Through a text message, health care workers can register expectant mothers with a local clinic, where doctors track their progress.  Subsequent queries, complications or [...]

M4ID at Mobile Africa Event

M4ID is pleased to have been invited to speak at Mobile Africa – Europe’s largest and most innovative happening on mobile opportunities in Africa.  The event includes speakers ranging from Esko Aho, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Responsibility, Nokia and Hossein Moiin, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia Siemens Networks to Marlon Parker, founder of JamiiX [...]