knight news challenge 2013 - abayima
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Abayima is a non-profit tech organization that works to ensure citizens are always connected in times of crisis.TRANSCRIPT
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ABAYIMA
2012 KNIGHT NEWS CHALLENGE
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ICT Communication is relied upon by
Activists • Journalists • NGOs • Citizens • First Responders
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INTERNET MOBILE DATA
TELEPHONY MOBILE WEB
NETWORK PROVIDER / ISP
SINGLE POINT OF FAILURE
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Vulnerable to
Oppressive Governments • Terrorists • Surveillance • Natural Disasters
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6 Billion Mobile Phones Users
Approximately 4 Billion Feature Phones
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_Mobile phone access reaches 3/4 of the world’s population
_6 billion mobile phone subscriptions
_5 billion of which are in developing countries
_Approximately 90% are feature phones
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_No Secondary Communication Functions (RFID • WIFI • BLUETOOTH • NFC)
_Affordable Hardware ≠ Affordable Data
_Globally Ubiquitous
_Part of Daily Behavior
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_Most existing solutions focus on solutions that do work, but
which assume some level of technical sophistication. (ex. Mesh
Networks, Encryption Browsers)
_Or, the tech is not yet pervasive enough (ex. near-field)
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OPEN SIM KIT (OSK)
Turning 4 billion feature phones into a communication platform
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_Open source
_Resilient in times of crisis
_Navajo Codetalkers & Jewish Resistance in WW2, the
Underground Railroad, the runners of Sparta
_Business opportunity: Allows publishers to reach a previously
unreachable potential mobile audience of 4 billion
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_Conducted a pilot during the 2011 Uganda Elections
_New pilot planned with Radio Netherlands Worldwide in Kenya
_$150,000 seed funding from Knight Foundation
_Seeking developers, additional funding
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ABAYIMA.COM
THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION By: Jon GosierEmail: [email protected]: http://abayima.com
Twitter: @abayima