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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?

Yes, Farmers Do Use Mobile Phones for Market Prices

We interviewed some Malawian farmers to test their experiences accessing market prices by phone on the 3-2-1 Service against some contrarian information published on ICT Works.

Press Release: HNI-Pulse.ng Partnership

The 3-2-1 Service will provide Pulse content along with public service information via voice or text, in English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo, and Nigerian Pidgin from their basic phones.

Demand Drives New SMS Weather Alerts for Malawi

Malawians asked for — and will get —an alert service that will contact them by SMS before the weather gets serious.

Smartphones and Smart Ladies: Informed Decision Making in Madagascar

Marie Stopes Madagascar provides a health care worker with a smartphone and DataWinners to help her spend her time where it’s needed most.

Phone Sex Ed in Madagascar: Youthful Additions to the 3‑2‑1 Service

100 new on-demand health messages available anytime and confidentially are the first to be developed in response to requests and feedback from adolescents.

Press Release: Madagascar Youth Calling

More than 100 health messages developed in collaboration with Madagascar teens will be added to the latest expansion of a free mobile messaging service.

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