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Praekelt Foundation part of consortium that hosted successful MAMA Partners Workshop
08.09.2011
Praekelt Foundation is proud to be one of three organizations asked by Johnson&Johnson and USAID to lead the proposal development for the MAMA project for South Africa. Our partners in this process is the Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute WRHI (formally RHRU), and Cell-Life.
Full YoungAfricaLive Youth Sex Survey poll results
30.08.2011
Earlier this year Praekelt Foundation released the recapitulated results of a groundbreaking Youth Sex Survey, conducted on its YoungAfricaLive mobile platform, that gives fascinating insight into the sexual behaviour and beliefs of South Africa's youth. Following the interest in the results, Praekelt Foundation decided to make public the full poll results.
Praekelt Foundation secures UNICEF funding for PMTCT project in KwaZulu-Natal
22.08.2011
Praekelt Foundation is delighted to announce our partnership with UNICEF South Africa, The Department of Health in Kwazulu-Natal, and Virtual Purple Systems. This project secured an 18-month funding commitment from UNICEF, with a total value of just over R2.1 Million in August 2011.
Queens MBA group partners with Praekelt Foundation for The Global Business Project
08.08.2011
The Canadian Queen's School of Business picked Praekelt Foundation as their partner of choice for the Global Business Project. Consisting of 7 MBA students from Queens University in Toronto, the group will donate 500 hours of work to help us build out our YoungAfricaLearn concept, into a fully-fledged mLearning solution for South Africa.
Gustav Praekelt speaks at m:Lab East Africa Wireless Wednesday event
01.08.2011
Gustav Praekelt, founder of Praekelt Consulting and the Praekelt Foundation, spoke at m:Lab East Africa's Wireless Wednesday event last week. The event was hosted at the Mlab, Nairobi's Innovation Hub for the technology community.
Mobile technology booming in East Africa
27.06.2011
Praekelt Foundation's chief engineer attended the Pivot25 conference in Nairobi last week to judge a mobile application competition.
GSMA Development Fund hosting mLearning event in Cape Town
09.06.2011
The GSMA Development Fund will be hosting an mLearning working group event in Cape Town that started on Thursday.
YoungAfricaLive Youth Sex Survey
08.06.2011
Oh yes they are! Results of groundbreaking YoungAfricaLive Youth Sex Survey released
Project Masiluleke streaks past the billion Call Back Tag mark!
06.06.2011
Project Masiluleke, which uses mobile technology to bring HIV and AIDS information and services to South Africans, has streaked past the billion Call Back Tag mark.
Praekelt Foundation deepens relationship with Omidyar Network
06.06.2011
Praekelt Foundation founder, Gustav Praekelt recently returned from a workshop in San Francisco that substantially deepened the foundation's connections with the Omidyar Network.
Core Praekelt technology, Vumi, goes live with first partner NGOs
06.06.2011
After several months of intense development, Praekelt Foundation's core technology, Vumi, is going live!
Project Masiluleke now a Yale case study
06.06.2011
Project Masiluleke is now the subject of a case study at the Yale School of Management.
Praekelt Foundation joins key mobile maternal health project
06.06.2011
We've been selected to help develop a roadmap for the recently launched USAID and Johnson & Johnson $10-million mHealth initiative.
Praekelt Foundation pioneers Gates Foundation-funded Agriculture project in Zambia
08.04.2011
Our head of operations returns from Zambia with an update.
Young Africa Live Reaches 250,000 Unique Users
26.01.2011
The groundbreaking mobile platform where young people learn and talk about life issues has reached over 250,000 unique visitors on 25 January 2011.
Omidyar Network Supports Mobile Innovation with Grant
06.12.2010
Omidyar Network today announced an $825,000 grant to Praekelt Foundation to support its pioneering use of mobile technology to drive positive social change.
YOZA launches with aim to get young people reading again
25.08.2010
The Praekelt and Shuttleworth Foundations jointly launched YOZA on 22 August 2010. These cellphone stories or mobile novels use cellphones to support teen reading and writing.
Project Masiluleke Wins Gold
19.05.2010
Project Masiluleke selected as one of 7 gold award winners at the prestigious 2010 Impumelelo Sustainability Awards.
Innovative Malaria Educational Quiz for MTN on Mobile Phones
21.05.2010
On 25 April 2010, World Malaria Day, MTN launched an interactive quiz with the aim of educating South Africans on Malaria...
Young Africa Live featured in Financial Times
29.01.2010
Praekelt Foundation's brain child, Young Africa Live, was featured in a Financial Times Special Report titled "Investing in Young People".
Young Africa Live Mobile Portal Launched
01.12.2009
The world's first entertainment-oriented mobile portal that focuses on stimulating discussion around Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
ARV patients more likely to stay on treatment with TxtAlert
28.11.2009
ARV therapy steps into the 21st century, as mobile technology is used to keep patients on treatment for longer.
Clearing m-health hurdles
18.11.2009
Language, cost and infrastructure challenges prevent mobile health technologies from being accessible to all.
Mobile heralds healthcare revolution
16.11.2009
Emerging mobile technologies turn the cellphone into a lifeline to health information and services.
Mobile component of 'Speak Africa' Successfully concludes
01.09.2009
On 23 August 2009, Praekelt Foundation successfully completed the mobile component of the Speak Africa campaign, in partnership with UNICEF.
Project Masiluleke shares results at Press Lunch
19.08.2009
Praekelt Foundation was part of a consortium of partners who shared the results of Project Masiluleke with the media.
Praekelt Foundation Partners with UNICEF in 'Speak Africa'
18.06.2009
Praekelt Foundation has been selected by UNICEF to set up and manage a mobile component of their 'Speak Africa' campaign, in 7 countries across the African Continent.
Project M Expanding Horizons
01.02.2009
Project Masiluleke enjoyed more coverage in a January 2009 Nokia-Siemens Networks publication.
Project M in UN and Vodafone Foundations' Report on mHealth
01.02.2009
Project Masiluleke was selected as one of the case studies for the Report on mHealth for Development.
Texts tackle HIV
in South Africa
24.10.2008
The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa
is helping to tackle HIV and AIDS in the nation
Project Masiluleke's First Messages Launched
03.11.2008
Project Masiluleke, a flagship project of Praekelt Foundation, goes live in South Africa.
Mobilisr Becomes
Mobile
03.11.2008
The launch of the Praekelt Foundation's new mobile messaging product, Mobilisr.
Project M aims to combat AIDS using cellphones
24.10.2008
"Project M", announced Friday at the Pop!Tech conference here in Camden, Maine, is one...
Cellphones Used to Fight AIDS in South Africa
24.10.2008
Is the cellphone the most promising new weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS?
Text messages could help turn the tide of HIV & AIDS
24.10.2008
Faced with a thousand HIV-related deaths every day, Project Masiluleke will send...
Text Messages Used to Combat AIDS in S. Africa
24.10.2008
As South Africa reels from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, health workers are turning to cell phone...
TxtAlert selected as finalist: Global MMA Awards
30.10.2008
On 29 October 2008, Praekelt Foundation's mobile technology tool, TxtAlert, was announced as a finalist for the global Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) annual awards.
Text Messages Prove a South African HIV Lifeline
24.10.2008
Taken together, a handful of numbers are adding up to a powerful HIV/AIDS lifeline...