Jun 12, 2013 | SMS, Surveys, Technology
SMS (also called text messaging) is an immensely and increasingly popular form of communication around the world. It is a great tool for all kinds of mobile campaigns, including mobile healthcare campaigns (mHealth). In April we wrote about SMS not necessarily being...
May 22, 2013 | Technology
In her recent commencement speech (video & text) at Duke University, Melinda Gates talked about “connecting” and technology. While watching the speech, I was particularly struck by her closing sentence: “I hope you will use the tool of technology to do what...
May 16, 2013 | engageSPARK Platform, Social Impact, Technology
Our dream at engageSPARK – the first product under the Opportunity Labs umbrella – is to make it very easy to use the mobile phone for social good. We have identified some neat ways to achieve this and we can’t wait to share engageSPARK with everyone once...
Apr 11, 2013 | Social Impact, Technology
Last week was the mobile phone’s 40th birthday! While it seems hard to imagine a world without mobile phones, in 2000 mobile phone penetration in many developing countries was less than 6%. Now, mobile phones are so ubiquitous that it is surprising to see...
