Comments on: Community media and SMS text messages

By: Radio 2.0 « Soléco

Radio 2.0 « Soléco — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:22:23 +0000

[...] be particularly useful for the developing world. A specific article I recommend reading is about Community media and SMS text messages, which seems to prove to be an interesting linkage in developing countries. Here is an extract : [...]

By: JOSEPH MULUPI MUSUYA

JOSEPH MULUPI MUSUYA — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:30:58 +0000

Dear Sir,

REF: KABISI FARMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY SMS TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE.

We are a farmers cooperative society (marketing, welfare and social) based in Western KENYA, with a membership of just under 6,500. WE ARE member to the Kenya National Federation of Cooperatives. Our operational context is a rural set up with a poor road and infrastructure network. But like many rural places in Africa we have a fairly good mobile phone network and ownership.

In order to reach communicate to our membership we are at conceptual stages of developing a community sms text messaging called Linked up. Essentially there will be a hub – computer software managed, from which all messages will be relayed to the members as text messages on their phones. Members will know in real time key events about events and going ons at their cooperatives, market conditions for their produce, public events of interest, and will have opportunity themselves to send to others similar messages via the hub. This will be a bulk sms service.

We hope we could get partners out there who maybe willing to discuss with us so that we equally can tap into best technology and successes out there. For us this service if it takes off, will be revolutionary, participatory and cheap compared to other means of communication.

By: Radio and Mobiles in-a-box | Radio 2.0 for development

Radio and Mobiles in-a-box | Radio 2.0 for development — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:51:52 +0000

[...] the local news SMS project in Grahamstown, South Africa and other projects discussed in a survey of community media and SMS text messages that I posted a couple months ago. The short length of an SMS message is a challenge for reporting [...]

By: Mobile phones for development = grassroot innovations | crisscrossed

Mobile phones for development = grassroot innovations | crisscrossed — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:50:00 +0000

[...] Communication (community radios to connect with listeners) [...]

By: Katrin

Katrin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:49:42 +0000

Thanks — done!

By: bg

bg — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:15:48 +0000

Katrin: Please feel free to repost the article. Thanks for telling us about the radio and SMS article on mobileactive. – bg

By: Community media and SMS text messages | Radio 2.0 for development « kurznachricht - sms politics

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:44:53 +0000

[...] Original source : http://comunica.org/radio2.0/archives/87… [...]

By: Katrin Verclas

Katrin Verclas — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:54:29 +0000

Great article! Can we repost on mobileactive.org with your permission? You might also want to check out http://mobileactive.org/wiki/Using_Radio_and_SMS – would love to reference your piece there as well. Let me know whether we have permission, and thanks!

Katrin