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Smartphones of peace in oil-polluted Nigerian communities

Ekpali Saint

February 15, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Nonwa, River State

In Nigeria, the Center for Environment, Human Rights, and Development is improving response time and documentation of oil spills by providing training and smartphones to local volunteers. The locals take photos and capture the coordinates of spills, upload them to a digital monitoring platform, and then send them to a Whatsapp group to ensure immediate action is taken.

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L.A.'s Uber-For-Buses Comes Right To Your Door

Lucas Grindley

February 10, 2023 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles’ Metro Micro pilot program is making public transit more desirable with a $1 shuttle service similar to other app-based rideshare services. The shuttles are 10-seater vans that pick passengers up and drop them off anywhere within their designated zones.

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An assistive speech software hopes to help thousands of Nigerians with visual impairment

Vindication Alawode

February 08, 2023 |

Minority Africa |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

An app called Visis translates text and photos to speech to help Nigerian people with visual impairments to live their lives independently.

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How Indian health-care workers use WhatsApp to save pregnant women

Sanket Jain

February 03, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Ganeshwadi Village, Maharashtra

Accredited social health activists (ASHA) travel throughout Indian villages to combat medical misinformation — specifically among pregnant people — and make public healthcare more accessible. ASHAs connects with over 60% of the women in the villages she serves via WhatsApp, sharing educational videos to avoid the harmful effects of misinformation. As a result, ASHAs have had a massive impact on maternal mortality rates. In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was 254 deaths per 100,000 live births, but in 2020 it dropped to 96 per 100,000 births.

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Tackling Nigeria's Medication Management Challenges of Access and Adherence

Ayo Adams

February 03, 2023 |

HealthNews.ng |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Famasi is a digital medication management platform that obtains a patient’s medication history and creates an individual care plan. The care plan includes a specialist who tracks drug use and side effects and also ensures medication is delivered to patients’ doors on a monthly basis. Because Famasi is available on mobile apps, patients can also track their medications and appointments from the comfort of their homes, which increases medication access, especially for those who struggle to make it to in-person care centers.

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Farmers in rural Zimbabwe use a mobile financial management service application tool to monitor their business profits

Lungelo Ndhlovu

February 02, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe

Biztrack is a mobile financial management application that helps farmers keep track of their business information and finances with ease. It records information on deals, sales, and general performance and has since been downloaded by more than 47 area farmers. The app also allows farmers to store the data in a safe, easily accessible place, as opposed to traditional bookkeeping.

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Justice for Free: How Nigerian Lawyers Are Using Tech to Address Societal Injustice

Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

February 01, 2023 |

Legit.ng |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Headfort, a nonprofit in Nigeria, is helping residents serving jail time while awaiting trial who cannot afford lawyers by representing them in court for free. The organization tries to be as accessible as possible by searching for people in need, being active on social media, and communicating through a smartphone app for legal advice.

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“It attracted me”: Inside a fellowship for non religious Nigerians

Edikan Umoh

January 29, 2023 |

Minority Africa |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The Table Community is a safe online space for Nigerians to have nuanced conversations about religion over virtual meetings, something that is frowned upon by most of society in the country.

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Saving Food Waste From The Landfill, One WhatsApp Message At A Time

Caroline Christen

January 27, 2023 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany

The volunteer initiative Foodsharing is helping reduce food waste in Germany by collecting donated goods from restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses and distributing them to anyone interested. The food is given away through communication channels like WhatsApp groups or publicly accessible places like community fridges, and you do not need to meet any qualifications to get it.

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With a mobile app Nigerians can monitor public projects but users say database is incomplete

Taiwo Fatola

January 26, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

Eyemark is a mobile application that allows citizens to track, monitor, and evaluate Federal Government projects they’re interested in across the country, as these projects often get abandoned with little to no information shared with the public. App users can also leave reviews of projects, as well as feedback that officials can address.

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