VU ICT4D symposium 2017 Chris van Aart (2CoolMonkeys.com)

2. Killer application
 “any system that is so necessary or
desirable that it proves the core value of
some larger technology,…
A killer app can substantially increase
sales of the platform that it runs on.”
 Example:
 Google Maps on iPhone / Android with GPS
 News and Weather SMS Subscription
services
 Email, Skype, What’s app
 Electronic Banking and Money Management
 Movie Showtimes and Ticketing
VisiCalc, the earliest
generally agreed
example of a killer
application. (‘90s)

3. 3 April 1973

7. Mr. Jiri and Mr. Sanji
Semantic Sustainable Land Management

8. Sustainable Land Management

10. Developing apps for
and in Africa
 Why: improve work and life with ICT
 Whom: Farmers and NGOs
 What: mobile (Android) apps
 How: understand, engineer, deploy and enhance

11. Lessons learned
 (my) Culture
 Organization
 (identifiable) Techno push
 Rural conditions
 Devices
 Infrastructure

18. Organisation Problème
Solution avec
TIC
Avantages

19. Organisation Problème
Difficile
Collection
Information
…
Solution avec
TIC
Téléphone /
Voix
Avantages
Distance
Rapide
Stabile

20. Organisation Problème
Education
Revendir
Solution avec
TIC
Mobile
« App »
Avantages
Distance
Facile
Stabile
(Amusant)

23. Mr . Jiri

24. Compter des arbres (Mr. Jiri)

41. Enhancements

46. Mr. Sanji (Mr. Rain)
 Rainy season
 May/June to September
 600 and 900 millimeters of rainfall
 Dry Season (harmattan )

47. Finding Water

54. Global Weather
http://meteo.w4ra.org

59. Geometry
Name
Owner
Location
Rainfall
Date
Comment
Media
Observation

72.  Why: improve work and life with ICT
 Whom: Farmers and NGOs
 What: mobile (Android) apps
 How: understand, engineer, deploy and enhance
Developing apps for
and in Africa

73. Lessons learned
 (my) Culture
 Organization
 (identifiable) Techno push
 Rural conditions
 Devices
 Infrastructure

74. @w4ra.org