Name: You don't need an app for that
Uploaded: 2014-03-13T14:55:49Z
Duration: 7 min 40 s
Description: Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday needs, says journalist Toby Shapshak. In this eye-opening talk, Shapshak explores the frontiers of mobile invention in Africa as he asks us to reconsider our preconceived notions of innovation.

Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday needs, says journalist Toby Shapshak. In this eye-opening talk, Shapshak explores the frontiers of mobile invention in Africa as he asks us to reconsider our preconceived notions of innovation.

Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that

You don't need an app for that

In Africa's hands, simple mobile devices emerge as powerful tools for solving real-world problems, from health to finance.

Africa's necessity-driven innovation, like M-Pesa, revolutionizes daily transactions on basic phones, impacting 40% of Kenya's GDP.

SMS technology in Africa ensures authenticity of medications, bolstering healthcare through simple yet life-saving mobile solutions.