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Hital Muraj CSR Ambassador Cisco Africa

Role of Technology in Rural Communities Building a Collaboration of Social Entrepreneurs November 2010. Hital Muraj CSR Ambassador Cisco Africa. Our Solution. 1. 2. 3. What’s Possible ?. Our Story. What’s Possible. 1. The Story Starts Here …. Andrew Nyongesa ….

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Hital Muraj CSR Ambassador Cisco Africa

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  1. Role of Technology in Rural CommunitiesBuilding a Collaboration of Social EntrepreneursNovember 2010 Hital Muraj CSR Ambassador Cisco Africa

  2. Our Solution 1 2 3 What’s Possible ? Our Story What’s Possible

  3. 1 The Story Starts Here ….

  4. Andrew Nyongesa….

  5. Daniel Ole Sururu….

  6. 2 Our Solution: Community Knowledge Centers Enabled by Technology Circles ofInfluence Business Mentoring Loans Education Physical CKC FinancialConsultation Office Services Health Services Community Outreach Cisco NetAcadTraining Training for Women’s Empowerment Virtual CKC Technology Services Media and Entertainment

  7. Cisco’s Sub-Saharan Africa CGI Commitment Our Vision Enable communities in Africa to participate in the global economy How We Do This Establish Community Knowledge Centers (CKC) in underserved communities. A home for all, offering diverse services through technology where people can contribute, learn, and communicate locally and around the world. Our Strategy To leverage the power of ICT to address basic human needs,and provide access to education, healthcare and economic opportunity for communities in Africa. Connect communities from different countries in Africa.

  8. CKC in Kendu Bay, Kenya: NyangwetaCenter BEFORE AFTER

  9. Pala Market

  10. 3 What Is Possible?

  11. Creating Greater Equity with Emerging Technologies • Imagine … • The “bottom of the pyramid” using social networking • Think of Steve, members of his microfinance self-help groups, and his villagers in remote areas of Kioge in Kenya • Think if Steve, setup an ICT centre with WiFI connectivity Market size for Information Communications Technology at the base of the pyramid is $51.4 billion

  12. Imagine listening to buzzing conversations of his micro-entrepreneurs about their products, challenges, needs, ideas, and desires for collaboration • Imagine another entrepreneur who is Steve’s neighbor, she is literate with her elementary school education and who is now the chief ethnographer of her community, appointed by Cisco, Unilever, Apple or any other large MNC. • She is engaged in a two-way conversation, with her reality becoming better known to the outside and corporate world, and her corporate partners are dedicated to designing products that better serve her and her communities' needs

  13. SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE HERE TO STAY BUT THE TOOLS ARE TEMPORARY "Over and over again, connecting people with one another is what lasts online. Some folks thought it was about technology, but it's not.“ Seth Godin Image: http://www.gapingvoid.com/

  14. “It’s about relationships” Andrew Rogers, Head of User Content Development, RBI…http://engagement101.blogspot.com/

  15. THANK YOU …. This presentation was created not by one person, but by many. It’s a presentation about the power of connecting with people online and using communities to get it done http://www.flickr.com/photos/pogonophobia/

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