Nov 6, 2013 | Businesses, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
Mobile privacy and data security have become a big topic as more and more NGOs use mobile phones as a way to disseminate information and engage their clients. Jenny Adlem discussed these issues in her blog post addressing the potential benefits and pitfalls of big...
Oct 9, 2013 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Technology
These are exciting times for Africa as internet coverage spreads across the continent. All kinds of innovative businesses, ideas, connections and opportunities are being developed. However, the news is not all positive and there are many challenges still to be solved....
Oct 2, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
Last week saw Mashable’s Social Good Summit taking place in New York. You can read summaries of the talks and discussions that took place on the Mashable website. As I was reading through reports of the talks I was particularly taken by a panel discussion on the...
Sep 25, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
The scope for what you can use a mobile phone for is increasing year by year. Once they were used for making calls alone, but they are about so much more now. And their potential grows ever more exciting as they become cheaper and more accessible around the world. ...
Sep 18, 2013 | Announcements, engageSPARK Platform, Social Impact, Uncategorized
In case you’ve been wondering, a lot of things have been happening at Opportunity Labs in the last few months! Our team has been working tirelessly on building, refining and iterating our engageSPARK solution, as we continue to get invaluable internal and external...
Sep 11, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology, Uncategorized
A few weeks ago Facebook’s co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced a new project called Internet.org to further extend internet access to developing countries and reduce poverty. This new endeavor is in collaboration with other tech giants and aims to...