Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - June 17, 2011
It’s clear that mobile technology is a powerful vehicle for sharing information and creating meaningful connections in previously isolated communities. Mobile tech has the power to transform industries from energy to journalism, and frog and its partners believe it can transform healthcare in a deeply impactful way as well. We created Project Masiluleke in partnership with the Aricent Group, PopTech, iTEACH, Praeklt, Nokia Simens, and others to build a network of support and awareness around HIV/AIDS.
Blog Intrapreneur
By Kristina Loring - October 8, 2010
Simpa Networks, a start-up that enables users to make mobile pre-payments for solar lighting, receives funding at this year's SOCAP Conference.*
Energy can be a large faceless commodity. This makes it hard to understand the correlation between the amount of energy a user is consuming, the data appearing on a bill and how that all relates to one’s behavior. For those living at the “base of the pyramid” (BoP)**, energy is a huge expenditure and represents a very specific material need, enabling their deep understanding of how much they need to spend on energy and what money needs to be saved on a daily basis. So, the implementation of an energy system that helps user’s understand their energy consumption could have a huge impact on someone’s socio-economic status.
