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Social media in Sub Saharan Africa the effects & potentials
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Social media in
Sub Saharan Africa the effects & potentials
Who are we?
Nienke Boderie
D.L.V. Nji-Sri
Bc. Health & Society
Evelien de Jong
Ipso Facto
Bc. International
Development Studies
Growth of social
media,
types of social media,
examples,
and the future?
Definition: internet-based tools
for sharing and discussing
information among peopleTools: social networksites
forums, discussion boards
email and instant messaging
blogs and videos
socially integrated mobile text
messaging
Internet Users Africa
1,125,664,947 - total population 205,185,547 - internet users 750,257,337 - mobile subscriptions
Facebook use
1.11 billion users world wide
share information in online communities
group discussions and chatting function
Agtube.comagricultural YouTube
Training video’s
15 categories
Different languages
Examplehttp://www.agtube.org/en/content/uvunaji-wa-zao-la-nyanya
Web 2.0 and social Media Learning Opportunities
CTA
2010-2014: 120 face-to-face training events → 3500 individuals
learn a lot but high requirements for entrance
Training 37 countries
MOBILE PHONES
Now:
60-89% basic phones
11-20% feature phones
1-20% smart phones
Mobile banking
MPesa
Maternal Health Service SMS based livestock information
MomConnect iCow
Difficulties
costs of getting onlinebandwidth availability
pay per MB
Gender barrier 45% less women than men
have access to Internet
Income gapgap in hardware
sophistication
literacy illiteracy and technical literacy
access to electricity2 out of 3 people lack access
to electricity
Future
Everyone connected?
by Facebook
Connecting the world is one of the fundamental challenges of our time. When people have access to the internet, they can not only connect with their friends, family and communities, but they can also gain access to the tools and information to help find jobs, start businesses, access healthcare, education and financial services, and have a greater say in their societies. They get to participate in the knowledge economy
@everydayafrica
