E-TIC/Press Review

Overall project

http://www.kannel.org: FOSS SMS and WAP gateway software
http://www.gnokii.org: FOSS SMS gateway software
http://www.rapidsms.org: Stable and mature SMS gateway, unfortunately requires Django and Python, which we don't have. :-/
http://www.intracen.org/trade-at-hand/: Folks from Geneva with a (less mature?) SMS gateway solution
- http://www.tradeathand.info/mali/ Affaires Mobiles Mali
- http://www.tradeathand.info/senegal/ Affaires Mobiles Sénégal
http://www.cybertracker.co.za: Data collection software that unfortunately has high hardware requirements for end users
http://www.frontlinesms.com/ laptop-based SMS hub using standard GSM handsets... no Internet needed!
http://mobilehacking.org: "A wiki for people who are curious about developing computer and mobile phone applications that involve various telephony interfaces such as voice dialing, IVR, and SMS functionality."
SlingshotSMS: A Lightweight SMS Gateway on a Stick
http://www.gdri-netsuds.org/IMG/pdf/Gerbault.pdf Appropriation des TIC et usage des langues en Afrique sub-saharienne, Jeannine Gerbault, Linguiste, Université de Bordeaux3

http://www.rapidsms.org/case-studies/: Interesting case studies using the RapidSMS system
http://mobileactive.org: Interesting general site about mobile applications
http://www.infonet-biovision.org: Infonet-Biovision: An example of "best practices" info for agriculture, livestock, water (and more!) in Kenya
The Jokko Initiative: Connecting Communities Through Text Messaging in Rural Senegal
- http://www.jokkoinitiative.org: blog; discusses training and shows how much time is needed "on the ground"
- http://mobileactive.org/how-tostan-using-mobiles-literacy-and-community-empowerment/
- http://www.tostan.org: African partner NGO involved in the project
- Two-part summary by partner Dimagi: http://www.dimagi.com/text-messaging-services-for-senegal/ and http://www.dimagi.com/senegal-part-2-the-jokko-initiative/
- http://groups.google.com/group/ict4chw/browse_thread/thread/611863abfcb183d3: More great info about training
http://groups.google.com/group/ict4chw: Google group for ICT for Community Health Workers