Dear Colleagues,
AFRINIC is pleased to announce the 2016 FIRE Award winners.
The FIRE Award consists of a USD 3,000 cash prize plus full travel and
accommodation worth $4,000 for one representative of each project to attend the
awards ceremony,and participate in sessions which will be held in Mexico during
the 2016 Internet Governance Forum.
We received a total of 58 award applications distributed as follows per category
• Technical innovation for Internet access and development: 7
applications
• Internet and technologies for social inclusion, strengthening
democracy and the exercise of rights and freedoms: 9 applications.
• Internet and technology for social and economic development: 42
The applications came from 18 countries namely Malawi, Gambia, Rwanda, Ivory
Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Benin, Uganda,
South Africa, Mauritius, Cameroon, Senegal, Zambia, Ghana, South Africa, and
Tanzania. The award winners are below:
FIRE AFRICA AWARDS
Award amount: $7,000
Country: South Africa
Project Title: Tobetsa and WiFi TV Extension Project
Website: http://www.projectisizwe.org/
Description: Tobetsa is Tshwane Free WiFi’s unlimited access content portal
which provides users with content and resources to develop and grow the
knowledge and skills of the low-income, underserved communities who benefit
from the Free WiFi. Tobetsa features WiFi TV content:hyper-local, mobile video
content produced by young, aspiring videographers from the local communities.
As Tobetsa grows into its next phase of development, this project will enable
the opportunity to further extend the impact and reach of WiFi TV, including a
more integrated and collaborative approach to ensuring the content on Tobetsa
and WiFi TV is more closely aligned across the platform as a whole, enabling a
consolidated strategy towards ensuring the platform’s continued development
towards sustainability.
Award amount:$7,000
Country: Ghana
Project Title: DocmeUP, Prenatal care for communities and remote ultrasound
imaging
Website: http://www.alessandrocrimi.com/docmeup/
Description: DocmeUP promote antenatal care. A health worker can monitor her
own community, and remind continuously the people of her community to go to the
closest clinic. Moreover, she can also detect dangerous signs on her patients
and report them immediately to the clinic or ambulance. An easy way to support
community health workers is to equip them with mobile app which contains
medical advice and it is connected to main server for tracking status. Even
with continuous reminders from the health workers, some pregnant women still
find it difficult to attend gynaecological visits, therefore the system can
remotely check ultrasound scans.
Award amount: $7,000
Country: Kenya
Project Title: Kids Comp Camp,
Website: http://kidscompcamp.com/
Description: The overall goal of Kids Comp Camp is to equip young learners in
marginalized communities with digital literacy skills. The specific objectives
are; to expose young learners, who have no prior experience with digital
devices, to their ‘First Digital Experience’ through interacting with different
digital devices; to enable the learners operate these devices for productive
learning and leisure; and to broaden learners’ horizons and scope as they use
the acquired digital literacy skills in accessing more information and
knowledge on the internet.
GOOGLE AFRICA AWARD
Award amount: $7,000
Country: The Gambia
Project Title: All Girls Tech Camp
Website: http://www.give1projectgambia.org/
Description: All Girls Tech Camp build awareness of the various career options
in STEM field for girls. The aim is to Improve digital literacy among girls;
Create a platform that will build and nurture self-esteem and confidence in
girls; Compete and succeed in the world of computers and information
technology; Create positive and productive networking opportunities for
participants; Encourage and empower the next generation of coders, designers
and programmers for sustainable development; Empower and encourage more female
into the field of technology to break the stereotypes most of the girls are
facing; Cultivate and nurture the spirit of leadership and entrepreneurship;
and Provide mentorship opportunities for participants to help in career
guidance.
AFRINIC Communication
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