The Technology Helping Cambodia’s Disconnected and Hardest to Reach
In a nation of about 15 million people, Cambodia has over 19 million mobile phone subscribers. In addition, there are only about 3.8 million Internet users. A 2014 report published by the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) says that “Mobile phone access is near...
BarCamp Yangon 2015: A conversation with our developer Thyda Eng
“The InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia has evolved through many phases. We’ve invested in our ecosystem as deliberately as in our own team. This has allowed us to grow our networks and circles. We ultimately work with, hire people from, and send people to learn something...
Validating new hotline targeting informal workers through field tests
A regional prototyping workshop on addressing health needs of informal workers in November last year resulted in a few prototypes, one of them is an automated hotline co-created by InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia (iLab SEA) in collaboration with Social Health Protection...
Epihack Tanzania 2014
The facilitator team was integrated by the two us, plus Channe Suy and Sokmesa Khiev from iLab SEA, as well as Keng Susumpow and Bunny Petra from Opendream Thailand, who shared their experiences from previous events in Chiang Mai (Thailand) and Laos. Professors Esron Karimuribo, Andrew Kitua and Mark Rweyemamu, and Eric Beda and Mpoki Mwabukusi from the SACIDS team further integrated the team, which was completed by Mark Smolinski,
Cambodia: Experiencing the Kingdom of Wonder
By Dr. J B Niwagaba “Dear John Binagirwe Baptist Niwagaba, We are pleased to inform you that your e-visa application to the Kingdom of Cambodia has been approved…” read in part the e-mail confirmation of my travel to this Kingdom. The journey had started about 2...
From Phnom Penh to Arusha to Hack for Health
Our own senior developer Sokmesa Khiev has just returned from Arusha, where he attended EpiHack Tanzania. The four-day event brought together epidemiologists and software developers to jointly develop digital prototypes for disease detection in the East Africa. In...
New Verboice Resources – Case studies
We’re excited to share with you some new Verboice resources! Verboice, for those unfamiliar with the platform, is InSTEDD’s voice-based tool which enables users to develop interactive and automated mobile applications such as hotlines, alerts, reminders, surveys,...
Uncovering an Innovation Opportunity in Cambodia
Discovery @InSTEDD iLab Southeast Asia: Uncovering an Innovation Opportunity in...
InSTEDD Innovation Camp: 1st October event
InSTEDD Innovation Camp #iCampSEA is a day-long event which we organize on a regular basis to introduce development workers to digital and mobile tools and help them get started with the identification, design and development of technology based solutions. Based on...