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An App for Multimodal Journeys by Bike – Trufi’s ITS Hackathon Winner

A new Trufi Bike App will let bike riders blend cycling journeys with public transport in ways no other app can do.

Hackathon or no Hackathon: Hack on!

We are conducting our #TrufiAppHackathon in parallel with #SmartDevelopmentHack – new features to tackle problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plan Social Distancing on Public Transport with the Trufi App

Trufi Association has applied to participate in the #SmartDevelopmentHack hackathon to prove that our app can improve social distancing on public transport.

Explainer Videos: 3-2-1 On-Demand Mobile Information Service

Explainer video for the 3-2-1 Service, which gives resource-poor individuals in developing countries free information to improve their health and well-being.

Madagascar Survey: 20% of Adults Don’t Understand Taxes; 36% Have Never Paid

Survey data gathered by HNI’s Mobile to Mobile Survey call center revealed that nearly one in five Malagasy adults don’t understand what taxes are or why the government collects them. Among the most poor surveyed, more than one third did not know.

Ghana: Crowdsourcing Citizen Feedback on Government Service Delivery

A cost-effective IVR survey in Ghana revealed dissatisfaction with government services, and discrepancies from official government indicators.

Phones, Drones, and Offline Data Collection

Drones can shuttle a smartphone loaded with the an offline-capable smartphone app, and provide the health workers with the benefits of a robust data collection system.

Teaching “Climate‑Smart Agriculture” with Cell Phones in Tanzania

HNI is preparing to empower Tanzanian farmers with free and actionable information on “Climate‑Smart Agriculture” accessible on simple mobile phones.

Ending Gender-Based Violence in Madagascar: A Call to Action

For the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign” HNI will highlight 16 gender messages from the 3-2-1 Service

Universal Lessons in Democracy via Cell Phones in Ghana

“Politics is not a game of insults, it is about ideas,” and other advice from Ghana for voters and partisans.

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