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Executive Summary

Microwork refers to small digital tasks that

people can perform anywhere to supplement

their income. 1Microworker refers to the

person who performs the microworker. Mobile

microworks are the tasks which microworkers

can perform using their mobile phones. And it

is evident that mobile phones are ubiquitous

and operating them for performing such small

digital task is not that difcult. Organizations

can leverage from mobile microwork in

terms of saving resources and time used for

completing their tasks. In case of microworkers,

they can earn some money by completing small

and easy tasks at any time of their leisure.

infoDev, World Bank, in partnership with

Nokias Ideasproject, conducted a global

mobile microwork idea challenge from

January to April 2012. During the challenge,around 1000 ideas were collected and few

winning ideas were awarded with cash prizes.

The next phase of the competition was to

bring those ideas to life by developing mobile

application prototypes.

To achieve this, the global m2work

hackathon was organized on September

1 See http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.797.html

15-16, 2012 in ve countries Armenia ECA

Region, Kenya, Nepal, Southern Africa and

Vietnam simultaneously. Four mLabs

(mLab East Asia, mLab Eastern Africa, mLab

Eastern Europe, The Caucasus, and Central

Asia, mLab Southern Africa) and one mHub

(mHub Nepal) hosted the hackathon. Each

organizer established partnerships with local

media, tech communities, tech companies,

academia and other networks to successfully

organize the hackathon. 301 people

participated in the hackathon that saw a total

of 61 mobile applications developed within

two days. ( http://m2workhackathon.org/

updates/m2work-hackathon-infographic)

YoungInnovations as a global facilitator of the

event led the preparation of the hackathon.

It worked closely with local organizers ineach of the countries to plan and implement

the hackathon. A collaborative approach was

adopted to develop individual plans for each

of the local organizers and by developing

necessary templates, plans and guidance

documents.
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What is m2Work?

"m2Work was an on-line challenge

conducted by infoDev, World Bank and

IdeasProject, with funding and support from

UKaid and the government of Finland. The

aim was to identify problems that could

be solved by tapping the micro-workers

who use mobile phones enabling the

underprivileged people of the world to

access the digital economy, and enabling

the rest of the world to benet from their

intelligence. Participants of the challenges

were asked to come up with ideas for mobile

phone applications that can work as the

link between problems that can be tackled

by microwork and micro-workers in the

developing world."2

Introduction

2 See https://ideasproject.com/web/m2work

After that, it was the responsibility of

country organizers to execute on the plan at

their regions. Each organizer held meetings

and pre-hackathon events with the potential

participants, to clarify the m2work concept,

encourage them to participate, submit

ideas, form teams and rene the ideas. Each

organizer had an autonomy to arrange the

process of meetings and preparation events

according to the local conditions.

Few weeks before the hackathon, the ofcial

website (www.m2workhackathon.org)was

launched. The website acted as a repository of

relevant information about the hackathon. The

website was equipped with the functionality to

allow preliminary registration of participants

for each of the countries. Later on, the website

was upgraded with more sophisticated

functionalities for local organizers to update

information (participants, ideas, news, etc.).

During the hackathon, the organizers

provided space, food and other necessary

resources to the participants. The

participants worked for two consecutive

days and developed mobile applicationprototypes. At the end of the second day,

all teams presented their ideas and gave

demos of their prototypes to the judges and

audiences present at the closing ceremonies.

Meanwhile, the judges gave scores to each

team. Later, the scores were collected and

the winners were announced and awarded.

However, in some regions the winners were

announced and awared the next day. A total

of 21 winners were announced and felicitated

with prizes.

Many brilliant ideas were brought to life

during the hackathon. But the journey of

bringing those ideas to life only began with

the hackathon. Most of the organizers have

decided to incubate some of the winning

teams to further rene their prototypes and

build business cases for them. A few months

after the event, the process has already

made signicant headway, and we sincerely

hope that in future, those applications will

mark their strong presence by facilitating

the process of mobile microwork at a global

scale.

Many lessons were learned during the

hackathon, both positive experiences and

challenges. The most important learning is

that the mLabs and mHubs can collaborate

with one another to successfully organize

a global event. Another signicant learning

is that the hackathon like this provides a

platform to the participants to work on

innovative ideas and convert them intosomething valuable.

Therefore, this report attempts to highlight

the importance of the preparation before

the hackathon, to underscore the potential

impact of global hackathons and nally to

present the lesson learned while preparing,

organizing and facilitating the global event.


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4 See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon5 See http://www.m2workhackathon.org

What is Hackathon?

"A hackathon (also known as a hack day,

hackfest or codefest) is an event in which

computer programmersand others in the

eld ofsoftwaredevelopment, such as

graphic designers, interface designersand

project managers, collaborate intensively on

softwarerelated projects."4

What is m2WorkHackathon?

"m2Work Hackathon is a community event

aimed at mobilizing tech communities at

the local level in different countries to give

life to mobile microwork ideas. m2Work

Hackathon was the next phase to bring those

ideas to life. Several challenge winners are

already in talks with national governments,angel investors, and other developers on how

to distribute their apps. To help the larger

m2Work community turn their ideas into

mobile microwork businesses, infoDev and

its global partners organized the rst-ever

m2Work Hackathon across 5 countries in

different parts of the world."5

What is mobilemicrowork?

"Today, hundreds of thousands of people

around the world are earning money by

completing small digital tasks, like typing in

fragments of handwritten text or describing

the contents of an image in words. This is

called microwork. Micro-workers are paid by

companies and organizations that have found

ways to overcome problems by transforming

them into tiny tasks and distributing them

over digital networks. By simultaneously

tapping into the intelligence of thousands

of distributed workers, many problems are

solved in the blink of an eye.

Many of todays micro-workers are locatedin poor countries and benet signicantly

from the income provided by microwork.

Microtasks typically require very little skills or

training, as they rely on the fact that humans

3 See https://ideasproject.com/web/m2work

are intrinsically better in some tasks than

computers. Yet the least well-off people in

the world are largely barred from this work,

because it requires access to computers,

which most people lack.

But even the most underprivileged people

in the world increasingly have access to

mobile phones. There are over 5 billion

mobile phone subscriptions in the world,

and over half a billion in India alone. In 2011,

mobile phone penetration reached almost

80 % in the developing world. Microwork

offers jobs and second incomes in particular

for young people, for women and for thosewho might be excluded from conventional

work opportunities, for instance because of

disability, or because they wish to work from

home."3
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Principle Organizer

"infoDev is a global partnership program

within World Bank Group which works at the

intersection of innovation, technology, and

entrepreneurship to create opportunities for

inclusive growth, job creation and poverty

reduction. infoDev assists governments and

technologyfocused small and medium sized

enterprises (SMEs) to grow jobs, improve

capacity and skills, increase access to

nance and markets, ensure the appropriate

enabling policy and regulatory environment

for business to ourish, and test out

innovative solutions in developing country

markets. It does all these in partnership withother development programs, with World

Bank/IFC colleagues, and with stakeholders

from the public, private and civil society

sectors in the developing world." 6

6 See http://www.infodev.org/en/Page.About.html

Facilitator

YoungInnovations, based in Kathmandu,

Nepal, was contracted as ofcial facilitator

for the global hackathon. YoungInnovations

works in the areas of providing software

solutions to wide range of partners and

clients in different parts of the world. It

facilitates mobile community of practice in

Nepal, mHub Nepal (www.mobilenepal.net)

with support from infoDev.

Geographic Coverage andOrganizations behind the Hackathon
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11 See http://www.infodev.org/en/Article.894.html

Objectives

"The specic objectives of m2Work Hackathon were:

Shape promising idea submissions into mobile application

prototypes;

Bolster other prototype mobile microwork applications that qualify

for pre-incubation support at infoDevs Mobile Application Labs

(mLabs), and

Increase awareness for the jobcreating potential of mobile

microworkin developing countries"11

Regional Organizers

mLab East Asia, Vietnam

"The SHTP consortium hosts the mLab East

Asia. The consortium partners includeSaigon

HiTech Park, Vietnam National University,

FPT University, Elcom Ltd."7

mLab East Africa, Kenya

"The *iHub_ consortium hosts the mLab

East Africa. The consortium partners

include Nairobis *iHub_, eMobilis, the World

Wide Web Foundationand the University

of NairobisSchoolof Computing and

Informatics."8

mLab Eastern Europe, theCaucasus, and Central Asia,Armenia (ECA)

"Entreprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) hosts

the mLab for the region."9

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mLab Southern Africa, City ofTswane, Pretoria

"The Meraka consortium hosts the mLab

Southern Africa. The consortium partners

include the Meraka Instituteof Southern

Africas Council for Scientic and Industrial

Research (CSIR), the Innovation Hub, and

UnganaAfrika."10

mHub Nepal, Nepal (MobileSocial Networking Nepal)

MobileSocialNetworkingNepal(MobileNepal) is

a community of likeminded organizations and

individuals who are interested in and/ or willing to

work around mobile technologies. It wants to foster

a community of practice around Mobile Ecosystem

in Nepal to encourage and facilitate discussions

and discourses around issues, opportunities and

challenges around mobile technologies in Nepal.

It is an initiative of YoungInnovations Pvt. Ltd . and

infoDev, World Bank.

Supporters

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2. http://formin.nland./public

3. http://www.worldbank.org
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The m2work hackathon process had three

parts. First, a preparation required before the

hackathon, second a plan executed during

the hackathon and third, the collaboration

and networking required to achieve the afore

mentioned two parts of the hackathon.

Before the Hackathon

Comprehensive planning was required to

run a global event such as the m2work

hackathon. YoungInnovations started

planning the event weeks in advance and

continuously updated the plan till the day

before the event.

Finalization of the event dates

First, the plan was to nalize the date ofthe event. YoungInnovations exchanged

several emails and had Skype meetings with

infoDev to decide on the date of the event.

After the date was nalized, infoDev sent

an introductory email to 5 mLabs explaining

that the YoungInnovations would be the

global facilitator of the event. From that

point onwards, YoungInnovations took the

leadership to plan and to execute the idea of

the m2work hackathon.

The m2WorkHackathon Process

Communication with 5 regionsThe rst important step for

YoungInnovations was to take consent with

all the mLabs about the date. Hence, it sent

an introductory email to all the mLabs and

requested for the Skype meetings to discuss

about the plans for the event. Before the

Skype meeting, it sent out agendas to discuss

in the meeting. It had Skype meetings with all

the mLabs representatives. In the rst set of

meetings, all the representatives agreed on

the dates and other administrative processes.

Another important step was to make all the

mLabs understand the m2work concept. In

addition to that, it was absolutely necessary

to clearly communicate the objectives of the

hackathon and the expected outputs from

each mLab. YoungInnovations held skypemeetings and also shared documents with

each mLab to elaborate on the concepts and

objectives of the m2work hackathon.

YoungInnovations prepared a toolkit which

explained idea behind the hackathon,

processes to conduct the hackathon and

other necessary information regarding the

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Facebook

Twitter

Google +

Youtube

Preparation of m2workhackathon toolkit and othermaterialsThe toolkit was continuously updated with

feedback from infoDev team and the mLabs.

The toolkit had the detail information about the

m2work concept and the m2work hackathon.

It also included a section which explained the

steps to follow to organize the hackathon. It

briey outlined the communication strategy.

The strategy included social media plan,

outreach texts to different players of the

hackathon etc. It included logistics, checklists,

milestones, guidelines for venue required for

the hackathon. In short, the tool kit was the

guide to organize the hackathon.

In addition to the tool kit, YoungInnovations

prepared participant registration sheet,

budget plan template, events schedule

template, outreach texts, judges tool kit,

evaluation criteria, design for banners, posters,

swags (T-shirts and mugs). It extensively used

Google docs to share the documents which

were updated frequently and drop box to

share the preparation materials and designs.

Launch of m2work hackathonwebsiteA website is an identity of an event.

So to give an identity to the m2work

hackathon, YoungInnovations built http://

m2workhackathon.org/ .

The website was built in two phases. In

the rst phase, the concept of m2work

hackathon was disseminated to the global

audience through website. It was also used

to take registrations from the participants.

The website was continuously updated with

the relevant information so that anybody

(participants, judges etc) who wanted to know

in detail about the hackathon could visit the

website and receive information.

In the second phase, the website was

upgraded in such a way that, participants

would not only be passive receivers of

information but also be active providers of

the content. Participants could post blogs,

updates, upload photos and videos. After

launching the website, the training kit to

upload the content in the website was

prepared and circulated to the organizers.

Organizers were also requested to ask the

participants to actively update the website.

Representatives of all the mLabs were given

managerial access to the website so that they

could update the respective region specic

information such as ideas, participants info,

judges info, photos and videos of the events etc.

Social Media planSocial media such as Facebook, Twitterand Google plus are strong arsenal to reach

out to the people ef ciently and effectively.

Therefore, it was absolutely important to

update status in Facebook and tweet regularly

so that people could get timely reminders and

learn more about the hackathon. Every day,

YoungInnovations sent prepared messages

to all the organizers to update their Facebook

page and Twitter with those messages.
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It collected and reviewed the ideas posted by

the interested participants during preliminary

registrations and selected viable ideas for the

hackathon. It conducted a prehackathon

meeting in which it explained the concept of

m2Work and the hackathon to the potential

participants.

mLab ECA developed the action plan

and scope of the activities to organize

the hackathon and assigned the contact

person who will bear all the responsibilities.

It announced about the hackathon in

Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF)s

website, Facebook page and Linkedin.

It circulated the posters in various

organizations such as Microsoft Innovation

Center (MIC), ArmIndian Center of

Excellence (AICE), Yerevan State University

etc. It sent emails to its trainees and the MIC

and the AICE to participate the event. EIF

also communicated with IT community and

organizers involved in mobile development.

It distributed the press release which was

posted on major technology news portals. It

conducted several meetings with 13 teamsof participants to draft the algorithms of

the app, identify the basic design elements,

develop m2Work component and secure

necessary technical mentorship for

prototype crafting. It also invited individual

participants to join the already formed teams.

It also communicated via Skype with the

teams from Gyumri who also participated in

the hackathon, virtually.

mLab Southern Africa employed a short

term consultant to assist with sourcing,

branding, swag and catering for the event.

It secured and nalized agreement with

potential partners. It made changes in its

facility to host the hackathon. It created

awareness around the event through local

digital campaign and distribution of branding.

mHub Nepal (MobileNepal) divided

responsibilities among the team members.

It partnered with several organizations and

communities such as Microsoft Innovation

Center (MIC) Nepal, Google Developers

Group Nepal, Nepal Open Source Klub etc.

For outreach, it announced about the event

in its website, social media, local newspaper,

circulated the event materials to its partners

through mailing lists and distributed the

posters to colleges and organizations.

It contacted and conrmed 5 judges for

the event. Similarly, the logistics for the

hackathon were also arranged. It conductedmeetings with potential participants and

explained about the concept of m2Work

and the hackathon. Team formation was

done using the mailing list. The interested

participants who did not have team were

assisted to nd one.

Youtube channel to upload the videos was

also created. YoungInnovations sent the login

credentials to each organizers so that they

could use it to upload the video shot during

the hackathon. Therefore, social media are

indispensable for the success of the event

and YoungInnovations utilized it to the

maximum extent in order to make the most

out of it.

Registration of ParticipantsThe registration I want to participate was

recorded in the webform via the website.

Every day, YoungInnovations monitored the

web-form for new entries. It segregated

the entries with reference to the country

selected by registrants and updated the I

want to participate Google Spreadsheet

of each organizer. The organizers were

instructed to send email containing detail

registration form to the registrants.

YoungInnovations had created Google forms

for detail registration for all organizers.

Local PreparationsThe organizers had also started preparing for

the hackathon in their regions after coupleof meetings with YoungInnovations. The

toolkit helped them to plan the activities and

logistics. Below are the excerpts of what the

individual organizers did before hackathon:

mLab East Asia. The core group of 3 was

involved in logistics and other preparations

for the hackathon. It conducted numerous

meetings with potential participants and

individual teams to increase awareness

about m2Work and prepare them for the

hackathon.

It also provided with necessary materials to

the media to advertise about the hackathon.

It partnered with

Nokia Vietnam which provided 3 prizes for

3 Best Apps on Windows Phone and

FPT Software 1 prize for the Best App in

Education.

In addition Nokia Vietnam provided some

devices for testing. It also partnered with

local companies within the SHTP for logistics

and catering.

Organizing team of mLab East Africa

conducted several inhouse meetings for

preparations and planning for the

hackathon

selection of key personnel such as judges,

mentors, speakers etc

procurement of necessary commodities,

equipments, and services for the

hackathon

For communication with key individual and

stakeholders, it posted a blog to notify the

developer community about the details of the

hackathon. It used social media and mailing

list to reach out to the hackers whereas it

communicated with judges, speakers and

mentors via email and follow-up phone calls.


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Below are the excerpts of what the individual

organizers did during hackathon:

mLab East AsiaStart date and time:

September 14, 2012 4 PM (Vietnam Time)

End date and time:

September 16, 2012 7 PM (Vietnam Time)

After the opening ceremony of thehackathon, it provided coaching in groups

for ideas, particularly on incorporation of

microwork in the ideas. The participants then

started their coding and began developing

the prototypes. On September 16, 2012,

hacking concluded and the presentation

and demo session started at 3:30 PM. Each

team was provided 5 minutes to present

and show the demo of their prototypes and

extra 5 minutes for Q&A. The session ended

at 6:30 PM. The judges met in a closed door

session to decide the winners. The names of

the winning teams were announced in t he

morning of next day, September 17, 2012.

mLab East AfricaStart date and time:

September 15, 2012 9 AM (Kenya Time)

End date and time:

September 16, 2012 6 PM (Kenya Time)

After registration, the participants who had

their own ideas were allowed to pitch in their

ideas to others. Then the participants were

given time to choose the idea they wanted

to work on and form teams. After the teams

were formed, space was allocated to them

to start with their prototypes development.

The teams met with the mentors in a

specic session. Mentors provided teams

Following are the judging criteria:

1. potential development impact,(20%

weightage)

What is signicance of the problem/

development topic and apps ability/

potential to address the problem (on

a large scale)?

2. novelty and innovation,(20%weightage)

Is it fresh idea, or a new approach to

an old problem, or a better way to do

something efc iently/effectively/

elegantly?

3. feasibility,(20% weightage)

Can the app be turned into a

protable/sustainable startup in the

near future?

4. clarity of presentation (20% weightage)

How well the team covered and

presented all of product and its

condence in the idea?

5. product (20% weightage)

How well the product has been

developed?

Are there clarity, simplicity, friendliness,

and an intuitive feel of how the appworks?

How complete is the product?

How effectively the teams have used

API(s) & Technology to develop the

product?

The judging criteria and evaluation process was

only a suggestion. Regional Organizers suitably

modied the process according to their local

relevance.


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mHub NepalStart date and time:

September 15, 2012 8 AM (Nepal Time)

End date and time:

September 16, 2012 8 PM (Nepal Time)

All the teams were ready with their ideas

before the day of hackathon. Most of the

teams had come up with their own ideas.

Medic Info was one of the ideas posted in the

m2Work ideation phase.

On September 15, 2012, team leads of all theteams briefed their ideas. The teams then started

coding, designing and compiling all individual tasks

to develop prototypes. On September 16, 2012,

teams were ready by 2 PM with their apps. Judges

visited all teams before starting the presentation.

Later, all teams gave presentation and demo of

their apps. However, judges made on-the-spot

decision to see the detail demo of ve best apps

selected after the presentation. Later, the winners

were decided, announced and awarded.

the best practices in product development

establishment of proper business models.

The hacking continued till 2 PM of September

16, 2012.

The judges visited each teams working

station where the teams gave demo of their

products. Later, the teams presented their

ideas and products before the judges. The

judges, then, discussed, tallied their scores

and announced the winners.

mLab ECAStart date and time:September 15, 2012 10 AM (Armenia Time)

End date and time:

September 16, 2012 7 PM (Armenia Time)

14 teams were already formed before the

event whereas 2 teams were formed during

the hackathon. The presentation and demo

session started at 2 PM on September 16,

2012. Each team was given 5 minutes to

present and demonstrate their product and

2 minutes for Q&A. The judges scored them,

decided the winners and announced them.

mLab Southern AfricaStart date and time:

September 15, 2012 9 AM (Southern Africa Time)

End date and time:

September 16, 2012 5:30 PM (Southern Africa Time)

It provided the teams with the rst batch of

event goodies and familiarized them with the

lab. It also helped them to choose the space tostart their work. A pre-hackathon workshop

was also hosted by Qualcomm and the mLab

to showcase some important technologies

that could benet the ideas for m2Work apps.

mLab Southern Africa also showed TED video

to inspire the participants. The teams continued

to work till 2:30 PM on September 16, 2012.

The presentation and demo session started at

3 PM and ended at 5:30 PM. The winners were

decided but announced the next day.


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Media Coverage

mLab East AsiaS.No. link Remarks

1 http://diendancongnghe.vn/tintuccongnghe90/dumlabdongvacuocthihackathon19090/#post29457

2 http://www.diendantinhoc.vn/showthread.php?150594-Du-an-mLab-Dong-A-va-cuoc-thi-Lap-trinh-ung-dung-m2Work-Hackathon&p=247617#post247617

3http://www.diendantinhoc.vn/showthread.php?150594-Du-an-mLab-Dong-A-va-cuoc-thi-Lap-trinh-ung-dung-m2Work-Hackathon&p=247617#post247617

4 http://www.benhvientinhoc.com/threads/d%E1%BB%B1-%C3%A1n-mlab%C4%90%C3%B4ng%C3%81v%C3%A0cu%E1%BB%99cthil%E1%BA%ADp-tr%C3%ACnh-%E1%BB%A9ng-d%E1%BB%A5ng-m2work-hackathon.107320/

5 http://www.picvietnam.com/forum/showthread.php?p=77547#post77547

6 http://vi.edaboard.com/topic9581509.0.html

7 http://forum.uit.edu.vn/threads/10031-Du-an-mLab-Dong-A-va-cuocthiLaptrinhungdungm2WorkHackathon?p=89058#post89058

8 http://www.zam.vn/showthread.php?7246-Du-an-mLab-Dong-A-va-cuocthiLaptrinhungdungm2WorkHackathon&p=11314#post11314

9 http://sinhvienvanlang.com/@rum/showthread.php?p=484387#post484387

10 http://vietgamedev.net/blog/403/cu%E1%BB%99c-thi-m2work-hackathon-%C4%91%C6%B0a-%C3%BD-t%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fng-v%C3%A0ocu%E1%BB%99cs%E1%BB%91ng/

11 http://gameuit.com/gameuit/showthread.php?591-HOT-cu%E1%BB%99c-thim2WorkHackathongi%E1%BA%A3ith%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Fngh%E1%BA%A5pd%E1%BA%ABn&p=4426#post4426

12 http://handheld.vn/threads/266080-m2Work-Hackathon-Dua-y-tuong-vaocuocsong?p=1999995#post1999995

13 http://www.gdn.vn/forum/22-your-announcements/251-d-an-mlab-dong-a-va-cu-c-thi-m2work-hackathon.html#251

14 http://thegioitinhoc.vn/home/tintuccntt/137008duanmlabdongava-cuoc-thi-m2work-hackathon-2012-a.html#post307145

15 http://kenhsinhvien.net/@forum/topic/118959cuocthilaptrinhungdung-di-dong-m2work-hackathon-va-du-an-mlab/

16 http://bstyle.vn/tintuc/5555/M2WorkHackathonduaytuongvaocuocsong.htm

VietnamEconomic News

17 http://www.hca.org.vn/tin_tuc/thoi_su/nam2012/thang8/m2work Hochiminhcity ComputerAssociation (HCA)

mLab Southern Africa

m2Work has a huge potential especially for

people who are not in the formal job market.

The next m2Work should encourage hackers

to hit the streets and observe potential

micro-workers - I believe this will enhance

their imaginations (perhaps on the rst few

hours of the rst day of the hackathon - for

idea generation?)

m2work has a place in technology,

everything does :). We are shapers of the

future and technology is the medium we use

to solve problems such as unemployment.

I really believe that its a concept that can

solve the unemployment problem as we will

be creating jobs. However even though the

micro-workers will be earning money, unless

its a substantial amount, they will continue

classifying themselves as unemployed.

This can be s olved by creating innovative

insensitive for them so that they truly believe

that they are employed.

m2work is a great program. As a young

developer, it was a great challenge to be part

of as not only was we required to come up

with innovative solutions, we were creating

micro-work opportunities.

The hackathon taught me how to include a

business element in innovative solutions that

will potentially be the foundation for nancial

freedom, not only for me but for the people

that will be involved as a result

The m2work hackathon was different from

most of the Lumia hacks I attended. It was

almost like the Random Hacks of Kindness

and what I like about both is that you are not

all alone. You work as a team which reduces

the pressure and allows everyone to work

on their strengths. I also liked the fact that

we worked on real situations that would

eventually better peoples lives .

mHub Nepal

Different, fun and awesome experience,

look forward to more hackathons like this.- Sonika Manandhar

The hackathon never ends, this is just the

beginning Roshan Karki

Idea sharing, knowledge sharing continuously

for 2 days helps and m2work hackathon

provided this opportunity - Hem Shrestha

We are young students. Though it was

a competition, prototype we developed

was only possible because of cooperation

received. We learned at least something

from every fellow participant. Seniors not

only guided but also scolded like we were

their younger brothers. We learned a lot. Wecame as if we knew everything when we

are leaving now even though we learned so

much we feel we have a lot to learn. Thanks

m2work hackathon for this opportunity.

Mobile Grocery team

This is my rst hackathon so I was excited

from the very beginning. Working with my

teammates I feel and I get energy that we

should take NewsIt to the highest level. I feel

hackathons must be organized frequently

and boost of hackathon culture. For that all

of us have to work together. Chandra Man

Shrestha
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mLab East AfricaS.no. Link Remarks

1 http://www.humanipo.com/blog/1563/Kenyan-version-of-m2Work-hackathon-2012-winners-announced

2 http://kenyabuzz.com/whatson/this-month/details/5890-m2work-hackathon

3 http://www.virtualkenya .org/commu nity/event s/viewevent /98-M2WORK+HACKATHON

4 http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/translation-app-wins-kenya-hackathon/4165/?country=kenya

5 http://techartpoetry.com/2012/08/28/m2work-hackathon-bring-mobile-microwork-ideasintolife/

6 http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/08/m2work-hackathon/

7 http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/09/m2work-hackathon-prize-money-breakdown/

8 http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/09/m2work-hackathon-jugdes-and-mentors/

9 http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/09/m2work-hackathon-ideas/

10 http://pivoteast.com/blog/2012/09/m2work-hackathon-winners-announced/

mLab ECAS.no. Link Remarks

1 http://armenpress.am/arm/news/693283/hay-eritasardnery-masnakcum-en-gaxaparneri-tsragravorman.html

2 http://lratvakan.am /?p=2828

3 http://www.itel.am/am /news/5205/

4 http://168.am/2012/09/15/127027.ht ml

5 http://www.youtube.co m/watch?v= mvmTVO5aURo ArmNewsbroadcasted event(starting from13:30min)

mLab Southern AfricaS.no. Link Remarks

1 http://www.gadget.co .za/pebble. asp?relid=522 7

2 http://web.up.ac.za /sitele s/le/1/M2w ork%20Hackathon.pdf

3 http://companies.myb roadband. co.za/bl og/2012/10/04/stu dentsfro mblackberry-apps-lab-excel-in-sa-hackathon/

4 http://ntww1.csir.co .za/plsql /ptl0002/PTL0002_P GE157_MEDIA_R EL?MEDIA_RELEASE_NO=7525493

5 http://nerdberry.net/2012/1 0/09/blackberry- apps-lab -studen ts-win-s outh-africa-m2work-hackathon/

6 http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=18198&ArticleID=13691

mHub NepalS.no. Link Remarks

1 http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=M2work+hackathon++to+be+organised+soon&NewsID=346661

Published in TheHimalayan Times(THT)

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Online Presence

Twitter Hash Tag Statistics#m2work

#m2work

Total numberof tweets

Total number ofunique tweeters

Number Tweetson September 14




209From August 20 till

September 19

241 Day BeforeHackathon

861 Day After the

Hackathon


September 19

224HackathonDay 2

225Hackathon

Day 1

Top 10 Tweeters

65

45

42

35

29

29

28

27

22

20

mlabeastafrica

praweshsth

MobileNepal

INNOv8torzIT

m2workhack

mlabsa

adishaswot

infoDev

bimalmaharjan

allay_m2Work Hackathon Website Statisticshttps://www.m2workhackathon.org

m2Work Facebook Statisticshttps://www.facebook.com/pages/m2work-Hackathon/143780505760121

Total Likes

People TalkingAbout It

Friends of Fans


September 19


September 19

65,478From August 20 tillSeptember 19

Total Reach

34,816From August 20 till

September 19

UniqueVisitors

Pageviews


September 17


September 17

Visits


September 17Visitors by Regions

1,896

1,021

975

493

438

173

37

36

20

268

Nepal

Kenya

Vietnam

S. Africa

Armenia

United States

India

UK

Canada

Others


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mLab East Asia

After the m2work Hackathon, mLab East

Asia has planned to implement the following

activities:

Encourage all teams to polish their apps

with coaching, planning support, open

facility with free high-speed internet

access, registering memberships, and

extra tech training. This activity targets

46 apps ready for the Mobile Innovation

Challenge in Dec 2012.

Fix any errors in the process and

document for the next hackathon

Partner with local device manufacturers

for the next hackathon.

mLab East AfricaTeams have expressed interest to develop

their prototypes further. The reward scheme

for the hackathon was set up such that it

would encourage the teams to push forward

even after the hackathon period was over.

Funding was split into three tiers as follows:

What after Hackathon?

1. Tier 1: Prize Money

1st Prize KES 100,000

2nd Prize KES 70,000

3rd Prize KES 40,000

4th Prize KES 30,000

The four winning groups in the hackathon

were awarded the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th

prizes money respectively as stated above.

2. Tier 2: Traction Funding worth USD

2,000

Traction fund, worth USD 2,000 each,

will be awarded to two of the mostoutstanding teams that show interest

and potential to develop their prototypes

to nished products. The funds will be

disbursed based on the milestones the

teams make on product development.


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3. Tier 3: Traction Funding worth USD

5,000

Stage one, Stage two traction will be

awarded by m:lab East Africa as seed

investment to the team with the most

traction on their nished product and

intend to grow it into an enterprise. Due

to the nature of the funding as illustrated

above, teams have made more effort to

make their products better in a bid to

secure funding.

mLab ECASupport the teams to nish development

of their prototypes and upload to stores.

Assist in promotion of apps in mLab, mHub

countries.

mLab Southern AfricamLab Southern Africa is currently working

with four of the teams to help nalize their

applications. It would be nice to see a list of

nal products and pilots of apps developed

at the hackathons. Perhaps they could

enter into a nal competition or award

from infoDev, just to tie the global message

together and highlight the success stories.

mHub Nepal10 prototypes were produced in the

hackathon. Out of those, 3 were judged

winners. Winning ideas have the potential

to be viable business in Nepal if groomed,

mentored and guided properly.

mHub will look for opportunities both locally

and at an international level to raise support

for winning ideas so that they can be taken

forward.

Lesson Learned

In the preparation journey of the hackathon,

we have learned so many worthy lessons

which need to be shared. There were many

which we did outstandingly well. There were

some challenges we faced but overcame

with hard work. There were denitely many

missed opportunities. Had we tapped on

those missed opportunities, the hackathon

would have been more successful.

Therefore, this section enumerates the

lesson learned in the m2work hackathon

both from global perspective through

the role of the facilitator and from local

perspective through the role of the

organizers.

Lesson learned atglobal level

Positive lessons

1. mLabs can work together for a

common goal

The hackathon has proved a point that

the different mLabs can denitely work

cohesively for a common goal and

successfully execute a collaborative

event. Therefore, network of mLabs and

mHubs can be suitably utilized to pull off

a global event efciently.

2. Increased awareness and acceptance

of the m2work concept

Before the hackathon, clarity of the

m2work concept was blur not only for

general participants but also for the

organizers. m2work concept was initially

resisted to the extent of being ridiculed.

But, as we moved along the path of

preparation, gradually the concept

settled in the minds of the people and

the visibility of the m2work concepts as

plausible business model became clearer.

Clearly, after the hackathon, from the

response we received from participantsand organizers, and number of apps

developed during hackathon, we can

conclude that, people have shown

interest and have accepted the m2work

concept.

3. Proactive sharing of information and

resources are required for the success

We prepared toolkit, planning materials,

banners, posters etc and shared those


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4. Global Competition and global

participation

There was no competition among the

ideas and applications on the global

level. It was like 5 disjoint local events

happening simultaneously around the

world under one theme. Communication,

collaboration and competition among the

regions were missed in the hackathon.

Also, in each region, there were

participants from only the host

country. For example, although,

Nepal represented South Asia for the

hackathon, there were no participants

from other South Asian Countries. If

we had nancial resources, adequate

preparation time, perhaps we could have

made possible for people from multiple

countries to participate in the hackathon.

That participation could be virtual or

physical. Probably then the hackathon

would have had the global feel.

Lesson learned at local

levelmLab East Asia

Challenges

Network technical issues: During the

hackathon, there were problems with

rogue DHCP servers while a part-time

technician was not able to trouble shoot

them. If there is no qualied specialist,

that would be problematic.

Sleeping area: mLab East Asia needed

more space for sleeping that is separated

by gender.

Devices for testing: How mLab East Asia

lend the scarce number of devices to

participants at the end of the hackathon.

Food for breakfast: Hot broth and ltered

milkcoffee for the breakfast, avoid

sandwiches.

Opportunities/missed opportunities

Media outreach sooner with three different

phases: (1) Building social attention on the

topic of the hackathon, ( 2) promotion for

registration, (3) result analysis and report.

Failure to attract professional coders in

mobile industry: A key interest to this

group was not clearly identied.

Outreach participants through FPT

University and National University.

Recommendation for next time:

Different posters and outreach texts to

different target groups: Professional

developers or students.

Increase the creativity and participation

from local organizers by using guidelinesrather than a centralized model.

mLab East AfricaA major opportunity witnessed from

the event was the level of potential and

productivity attained from partnerships in

various levels. There was greater success

among teams that worked collaboratively to

develop their product, which underlines the

need for partnerships and teamwork.

One of the greatest challenges mLab

East Africa faced before and during the

hackathon was the limited supply of funds

for the event. There was a delay in the

process of expedition of the funds for the

event, and therefore some of the resources

acquired were in limited supply. Based on this

observation, a favorable recommendation

would be that in the future, arrangement

for the transfer of funds should be made in

advance before the start of the event.

mLab ECA

Challenges

Potential beneciaries and app users should

be involved as well.

Opportunities/missed opportunities

The event showcased that we could have had

participants from neighboring countries, if

mLab ECA could cover their travel expenses.

Recommendation for next time

Virtual Expo of apps could be organized to

help teams and mLabs promote and market

products internationally.


Challenges

Media was probably the biggest challenge

from a Southern African perspective.

Despite some initial interest there was

no one willing to attend the event over a

weekend and interest moved towards post

event coverage.

Opportunities

A global competition should ideally have a

global prize just to tie the message together.

mLab Southern Africa had some success

with hosting a virtual hackathon as part

of the local m2work challenge with ten

participants, including a developer hacking

from Nigeria participating. There might be

opportunities to do this on a global level to

create the largest hackathon or even at much

lower cost host regular virtual competitions

to promote this cause.

Overall, mLab Southern Africa would probably

do a couple of things differently within the

local context but the overall organization of the

global event was great and there are not any

recommendations on that level, apart from the

potential to include a virtual element next time.

mHub Nepal

Opportunities

It was rst hackathon for most of the

participants and in addition to that for

most of them it was their rst global eventparticipation.

The hackathon gave a platform to all to

show their skills, talent and more than

that they got opportunities to exchange

perspectives, skills and knowledge with

each another.

It also helped to bond with new faces and

created an environment of teamwork. The

synergy between them was strong to hold

them together even after the hackathon.


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It helped everyone involved in it to explore

their competencies and weaknesses.

mHub Nepal got chance to work with

organizations such as MIC Nepal and learn

from their expertise.

Challenges/ Missed Opportunities

The time to prepare for the hackathon

was short.

The number of teams and participants were

unpredictable as only few had responded

back and gave the information about their

teams and ideas prior to the due date. mHub Nepal had planned to help the

participants to form teams and help

them to choose ideas from m2Work

idea competition in meetings before

hackathon. The plan did not go very

well as many were not present for the

meetings and most of them had little or

no idea of m2Work and hackathons.

mHub Nepal provided server congured

with Apache and PHP but participants had

to use their own server when they needed

server with different conguration.

mHub Nepal provided SMS gateway but

experts in it were not available the whole

time. Because of which one of the teams

had an issue with it.

While the teams were showing demo of

their applications, the Internet devices

failed. Many teams could not give proper

demo of their applications.

Some of the participants expressed that

the feel of global event was missing.

It would have been better if mHub Nepalhad boarded subject matter experts to

help teams to make their ideas better.

The lack of resources in MobileNepal

and lack of culture of incubation in Nepal

deprived the teams to add business value

to their creation.

Lesson Learned/ Recommendations

Although, mHub Nepal had less than a

month to organize this hackathon, the

organizing team made it a successful

one. Nevertheless, they are now aware

that they can organize hackathon within

limited time. Also, it helped them to know

the strengths and weaknesses of their

teams and of the individuals.

More focused meetings along with general

ones with potential participants will be

helpful to give the clear message to them

about the event and learn their needs.

A small change in the schedule when

needed is required to make the event

successful. The demo of participants didnot go well. Then mHub Nepal arranged

for 5 teams to give their demo to the

judges in closed room session.

mHub Nepal could have conducted small

sessions to inform the participants about

the status in other countries or make

interaction among the global participants.

Events such as this give a boost to

developers and students to be creative

and innovative.

In future events, mHub Nepal needs

to change its communication strategy

for promoting such events in media.

It needs to reach out to more media

houses rather than few selected ones,

conduct formal meetings with them. It

needs to bring in technical bloggers such

as Mr. Aakar whose blogs are popular

amongst the technical people in the

country. However, this event has given

them an exposure to media persons

which will be helpful in their future

events. Besides its own network and local

partners, who helped to reach out

to developers and students for the

hackathon by promoting it in their

networks, it also posted about the

hackathon in other groups. Such as Free

and Open Source Software (FOSS) and

Monsoon Collective. In future too, it will

include such active groups to promote the

events.


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mLab East Asia

First prize: THASA Team with app

for Anti counterfeiting

Team Members:

1. TrnLuThoNguyn

2. PhmTnPhc

3. TinBchng

4. LTrungHiu

5. TrniPhc

Second prize: Seniors Team with

app named Gesture Language &

YouTeam Members:

1. ngNhtDuy

2. VHoiLn

3. GingPhtQu

4. TrnThMDung

Annex

Third prize: The Earth Team with

app named Smart Blackboard

Team Members:

1. BiKhcThch

2. TrnXunChin

3. NguynHuMinh

4. NguynThanhBnh

First Nokia Lumia 800 prize: Ethics

Edu Team

Team Members:

1. PhmPhngNguyn2. ChungVnhKhang

3. NguynDuyPhng

4. TrnngKhoa

Second Nokia Lumia 800 prize: OU

Team with app named Product

Preview on-line

Team Members:

1. HunhPhci

2. TrnMinhSn

Winning Ideas and Products


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reminders to take medicine and a range

of other services while earning small

remunerations for helping build a centralized

patient registry.

Both these teams received a prize sponsored

by Vodacom as well as an offer from mL ab

to assist them in commercializing their

application. In order to receive the funding

the teams must have the interest and ability

to nalize the application and funds will be

paid out on project milestones.

Team Members:

1. LebogangMadise

2. VutlhariLegabe

3. SammyPhatlane

`

Best m2Work Service

Ishmael Makitla: Utilizing services like USSD,

IM, SMS, Web and Apps the solution allows

users to submit any range of micro jobs

and have anyone perform it. The rst to

successfully perform the micro job receives a

pre published and agreed upon remuneration.

The service also includes a rating model to

ensure that bad payers or micro workers areagged and ltered out of the system.

The winner received a prize sponsored by

Microsoft.

Most Impact & Targeted m2Work

App

Teamov8: Targeting car guards this team set

out to increase the productivity and earning

potential of a specic community who has a

lot of time to do micro work but also needs

additional income. The application allows

the guards to do random checks on vehicle

information by entering registration numbers.

The app will interface with the licensing

department and provide basic information

like make, color, model etc and ask for

conrmation. Should the registration number

not match the vehicle they are requested to

provide the correct information while the

system ags the department to reference

potential crimes and warrants related to

the vehicle that was Geo-tagged when the

registration was searched. Micro workers earn

micro remuneration for every 10 checked.

This team received a prize sponsored by

Nokia.

Team Members:

1. MixoNgoveni

2. KatlegoMolepo

3. JoelMukanya

4. MondeMbatha

Best Virtual Hacker

Tanaka Mutakwa participated from CapeTown and created mTesting, a m2work

mobile living lab solution that allows the

creators of digital products such as software

and apps to have accurate testing done in

the real world by registered micro workers

and collect valuable feedback to improve the

product before launching it in a market.


Qualcomm.

Best Individual Hacker

Blessing Mahlalela, created a web and

SMS based service for matching up jobs

(both formal and informal) with potential

candidates. Unlike a traditional job and

cv registry this service employees micro

workers to read the SMS job posting or

skill submission and interpret it while also

allowing them to source and match the best

candidate for the job.


Qualcomm.

mHub Nepal

Winner: Medic Info

Medic Info is a mobile application which

is used by micro-workers to digitize the

medical history of a patient that is provided

by the medical institutes in scanned form.

Team members:

1. VivekBhusal

2. AdityaBikramKarki

3. SwetaShrestha

4. SumanHumagain

1st Runner up: NewsIT

This app helps the news publishing sites and

medias by fast accessing of news through

various and large population. Every personnel

with mobile and this app can be a self-

claimed journalist and send their reports/

news/research to respective company

through this app and can earn money

according to the weight of the content and

rankings in the company.

Team Members:

1. ManishJungThapa

2. AnishShrestha

3. ChandramanShrestha

4. YugalKoirala

2nd Runner up: Article Digitization

Digitizing newspapers or valuable documents

from Libraries that are important. Server

will analyze image, process it and split it into

small chunks. These chunks will be sent to

micro-workers who will be converting image

into textual form from mobile applications

and send it to server. The server will process

the submitted result, validate it, pay the

worker and nally generate completeinformation.

Team Members:

1. RajanMaharjan

2. AmanMaharjan


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mLab East Asia

Lucky Reward

Team Members:

1. NguynPhcThnh

2. THunhTn

3. LngNhtHuy

4. onTrnCngDanh

To giao thng (Street Knight)

Team Members:

1. LVitHng

2. ngThNgcTrn

My Ads

Team Members:

1. ngHuQun

2. NguynPhong

3. NguynHongV

Location Network

Team Members:

1. PhmMinhThng

2. NguynHuDng

3. McTKhoa

I2tree - Smart Active Info Network

Team Members:

1. NguynTnTriu

Live Trafc update

Team Members:

1. TrnDuyQuang

2. HongAnhT

Where

Team Members:

1. TrnMinhThng

xDict

Team Members:

1. NguynQuangVinh

2. NguynNgcTun

3. inhCmPhong

4. NguynTiHi

Routing Smarter

Team Members:

1. NguynHunhDuyHng

2. TrngThiChu

3. HngNgcMinhTrm

Farm Helper

Team Members:

1. PhmSnTrng

2. HQuangc

mLab East Africa

ika

This solution aims at aiding motorists drive

safely by providing driving instructions and

warnings on dangerous areas and areas

where they should be watchful, hence

averting road carnage. Micro-workers will

submit data that indicate such areas that are

considered dangerous or worth watching

out for. This data will also be useful in

determining the best routes, or strategic

points such as lling stations, shopping

centres, vehicle repair workshops, etc.

Team Members:

1. AccadiusBenSabwa

2. LiyosiCollins

3. ErickNdungu

4. EdwinWaswa

5. EdithNjeru

6. AnthonyKabetu

7. AniceaKabego

8. StephenKimiri

9. MusaOgonda

10. JoanneMahinda

iContact

Micro-workers collect contact information

and addresses of different businesses

around them and submit the information

to a database. This information can then

be fetched by users in need, using a mobile

application or from a mobile website from

their phones.

Team Members:

1. JohnSlater2. GideonMburu

3. ChrisneAoko

4. TheophilusMachogu

5. TimothyMwirabua

6. JohnsonNdunguMacharia

7. EstherWanjiru

8. MarylineCheruch

9. HappinessNduka

10. SylvesterMwambeke

11. FelixWahome

Mtati

Companies need research data and

reviews for their products, or adverts. What

customers want or what they think about

certain product.

Team Members:

1. Weda Moses

2. Ruth Kinuthia

3. Francis Kinuthia

4. Jeremy Njihia

5. Ngugi Karani

6. Daniel Kihia

7. Josephine Ayienda

8. Elijah Mwathi

9. Margaret Adhiambo

10. Gabriel Lando

Trash Up

Trashup is a platform that seeks to create

employment while also having a positive

impact on the environment. It helps improve

and maintain sanitation through garbage

collection and recycling it in ways that

generate revenue. Jobless individuals sign

up and receive notications of places that

need cleaning.

Team Members:

1. PaulMue

2. JuliusMunene

3. AntonyOroko

4. AllanMukhwana

5. DennisRiungu

6. ElkanahKibet

7. ChrisKivaze

Other Ideas/ Prototypes


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X-Tech, CityBugs

CityBugs - Application dedicated to nding

and solving city problems... Everyone can

write bug and pin on map where is the issue,

User can attach Photo, Video and detailed

description of it.

Team Members:

1. Arman Atoyan

2. Aram Mkrtchyan

3. Levon Kirakosyan

4. Hovhannes Aghajanyan

5. Lilit Harutiunyan

Photo Translator

Micro picture translator - that will help

foreign people to translate pictures content

as well as get information about them.

Team Members:

1. LusineKhachatryan

2. AnahitManukyan

3. HripsimeMarrosyan

4. NarekPahlevanyan

Cubix

Sales tracker, for tracking discounts in thecity shops

Team Members:

1. GagikMarrosyan

2. ArmenNazaretyan

3. MelikPilosyan

4. MariamPoghosyan

Task Solver: RAU Team

App user can send to microworker the math

problem he/she wants to be solved and get

solutions

Team Members:

1. RolandYeghiazaryan

2. Vahan

3. Gosha

4. A ram

MyNews

Allows citizen journalists report using the app

Team Members:

1. SedaMuradyan

2. SaraKhojoyan

3. NvardHovhannisyan

Showplaces

Tour guide based on tours developed by

microworkers, which includes specic places

not often mentioned in guides for tourists

Team Members:

1. HarutArakelyan


The Conduits

CAMvoiz: digitizing invoices for accounting

purposes through mobile microworkers with

phone camera.

Team Members:

1. Obakeng Matlhoko

2. Nathi Tshabalala

3. Lawrence Matjeni

4. Molefe Kobue

Sola Salami

Mobile adaptive diary to capture relevant and

fun date and location information.

Team Members:

1. SolaSalami

Lamarasi

It will help the City of Tshwane Residence to

have access to the full schedule of buses.

Team Members:

1. LauraDlamini

2. MatshaliSekoli3. GlenRanku

4. SiphoNcedoKoza

mHub Nepal

Quick Heal

With this app, farmer can upload the pictures

of infected plants/ animal and the micro

workers gives suggestions and remedies

after analyzing the pictures of the infected

plants/ animals.

Team Members:

1. SamrakchanGhimire

2. RoshanKarki

3. PrayagRajUpadhyay

4. RegendramanSinghBasnyet

Source Code:http://m2workhackathon.

org/sites/default/les/downloads/

quickhealsource.zip

Mobile Grocery

The idea will be for knowing the wholesale

price of almost all the products required

for kitchen i.e. that includes all the

grocery products, beverage products,

fruits,vegetables,snacks etc. The users can

be any persons who need to buy fresh n good

quality kitchen grocery in low market price.The micro-workers will be the wholesale

shopkeepers.

Team Members:

1. RajanGautam

2. ManishKunwar

3. SurajK.C.

4. SubhashKarki

5. TikarajNeupane
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Medical Helpline

It facilitates the patients/user who wants

to share the health problems that they are

facing and seeks help for that problem.

Team Members:

1. SonikaManandhar

2. PasangTamang

3. PawanNepal

4. SanjayMaharjan

Sodh Khoj

The users will ask questions using this app

and the micro-workers will answer the

questions according to their expertise and

earn from it.

Team Members:

1. SureshGhimire

2. BinayakDhakal

3. PavitraGautam

4. SunojDasShrestha

Wish List

When a user wants to get some product or

service but have no idea where to consult

Mobile Wish List aims to be the solution.

Team Members:

1. BhupalSapkota

2. NirojSapkota

3. HemShrestha

4. SaswotSinghAdhikari

Source Code:http://code.google.com/p/

wlist

Digital Lalpurja

This app helps to digitize the land owning

documents (Lalpurja). The documents are

scanned and divided into small chunks and

delivered to the micro-workers who will

record the text as per the picture.

Team Members:

1. DiwakerGhimire

2. MunaMaharjan

3. PunyaRuchal

4. RohitShrestha

5. NirajanPanthee

Source Code:https://bitbucket.org/

idwaker/lalpurja

Mobile Survey

Any organization that want to get feedback

from their audience, sends a simple form

to this system and it will make that form

available to the mobile application for the

micro-workers to conduct the survey.

Team Members:

1. NabarajPoudel

2. DipendraPokharel3. AmirjanNepal

Source Code: https://bitbucket.org/

dipendrapkrl/mobilesurveyserverside (Server

side) & https://bitbucket.org/dipendrapkrl/

mobilesurvey(Client side)

1. Toolkit

2. Outreach Text

3. Budget Plan for Orgnizers

4. Checklists

5. Milestone

6. Communication/ Outreach Strategy

7. Poster and Flyer

Documents and templates used during thehackathon by local organizers.

8. Banner Design

9. Coffee Mug Design

10. Tee-Shirt Design (Black)

11. Tee-Shirt Design (White)

12. Judges Toolkit

13. Plan for updating website and social

media

Photo Credits:

mlab East Asia

mlab East Africa

mlab Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Armenia (ECA)

mlab South Africa

MobileNepal
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