Scientific area
1.2 Computer and information sciences
Discipline(s)
Computer sciences, information science and bioinformatics (hardware development go to scientific area 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Project title
MOSAIC2B - Mobile Empowerment for the Socio-Economic Development in South Africa
Scientific Coordinator's name:
Daniel Stefan
Scientific Coordinator's e-mail:
info@ccg.pt
Principal R&D Unit:
CCG\'s Domain of applied research on Urban and Mobile Computing
Other R&D Units involved in the project:
Other R&D units involved in the project
Project keyword(s)
Mobile empowerment, Mobile Technologies; Delay Tolerant Networks; Mobile Business; Visual Analytics;
Short abstract and comments
Mobile empowerment based on mobile technologies allows the development and implementation of new business models and new business opportunities targeting micro enterprises and their customers in developing countries like South Africa. The goal of MOSAIC 2B is to develop and test a new framework that uses cloud-based applications, innovative low-cost internet delivery mechanisms (delay tolerant networks and opportunistic communications) and affordable mobile technologies to unlock new mobile business opportunities, especially in rural villages. The consortium of European and South African partners builds upon the use case of mobile digital cinemas to run real life experiments demonstrating and evaluating the technological and economic viability of according innovations.
Potential uses/indications
Micro Entrepreneurship in developing countries;
Status
Ongoing
Partner Status: Seeking Partners?
No
Project weblink
http://mobile-empowerment.org/
Grant number (QREN, FP7, Eureka, etc)
FP7 - grant agreement no. 611796; DST (SA) agreement DST/CON 0227-0229/2013
Last edited on
2015-05-07 14:38:58