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Trufi to Map Public Transport in Mauritania’s Capital

Trufi will create the first thorough public transport map of Nouakchott, Mauritania. There is currently no accurate map, no app, no website.

21-year-old Developer Makes a Public Transport App for his Hometown in Morocco – with Trufi

A young Moroccan developer has created a new app called Corsa Tétoua‪n, and he single-handedly mapped the city’s entire public transport network.

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.

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.

Evaluating Farming for Food Security with Peace Corps/Senegal

In Senegal Peace Corps used the DataWinners mobile application to evaluate and support volunteers working to improve food security for farmers and their families.

How HNI became SMS Skeptics

By relying on text-based channels (print, SMS, USSD) purveyors of Behavior Change Communication (BCC) campaigns fall short of effectively reaching their intended audiences.

The Blind Spot of SMS Projects: Constituent Illiteracy

Do literacy levels pose a serious limitation to SMS-based communication campaigns?

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