The State of Mobile Data for Social Good
On June 29th, 2017, through a partnership with UN Global Pulse, and GSMA, a panel discussion was held at the Vodafone Americas New York office to unveil a new report on the power of mobile network data for social good. June Sugiyama from Vodafone Americas Foundation hosted over 60 participants to discuss the report’s recommendations and the call to action with representatives from the mobile data industry, donors and UN. The panel included Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of UN Global Pulse, Rebecca Furst Nichols, Deputy Director at Data2X, Kyla Reid, the Head of Digital Identity Program at GSMA, Manuel Garcia Hernandez, a lead research scientist at UNICEF Innovation and Vodafone’s very own Nuria Oliver, Director of Research in Data Science.
The Power of Mobile DataWhat happens we harness the power of mobile data for social good?
Mobile Data Serving Humanitarian NeedsWhat happens when we address humanitarian needs by analyzing mobile data?
Acting on Mobile Data TodayWhat happens when we use mobile data today to make a big difference tomorrow?
Women and Girls Speak Up and Stay Safe: Media and Mobiles
On June 6th, 2017 Vodafone Americas Foundation, Internews, and invited guests hold a lively discussion about empowering women and girls with tools to make their voices heard, all around the world, in ways that keep them safe and secure. June Sugiyama from Vodafone Americas Foundation hosted along with Kat Duffy, Vice President of Global Technology Porgrams at Internews. They were joined by Emily May, co-Founder of Hollaback!, Alli Maloney, the News and Politics Editor at Teen Vogue, Khwezi Magwaza, was the editor-in-chief of Seventeen in South Africa now Girl Effect, and Solange Nyasoso, a human rights advocate and journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Safety Through Technology and ToolsWhat happens when women and girls have the tools to better navigate their lives, both on and offline?
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Internews Better Privacy through Digital LiteracyWhat happens when women and girls are empowered through technology to tell their stories?
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Women and the Mobile Data Revolution
In partnership with Vodafone Americas Foundation and TechSalon, Internews convened a conversation on the social and economic implications of the mobile data revolution on women and communities around the world, March 2nd at Vodafone in New York.
Women and the Mobile Data RevolutionTerri McCullough of the Clinton Foundation and Robert Kirkpatrick of UN Global Pulse joined Internews President Jeanne Bourgault in a conversation moderated by Linda Raftree of TechSalon. June Sugiyama, head of Vodafone Americas Foundation, introduced the speakers and announced a new pillar of Vodafone Americas Foundation’s work, Empowering Women and Girls through Technology. More about the event 
2017 Wireless Innovation Project Winners and Finalists
In June 2017, The Vodafone Americas Foundation announced the winners of its ninth annual Wireless Innovation Project (WIP), a competition for potential life-changing connected innovations addressing critical issues facing the world today. Since launching in 2009, the Vodafone Americas Foundation WIP has awarded $5.5 million to scalable solutions focused on “Connecting for Good” that help address critical issues around the world. As a result, WIP-supported innovations have directly impacted over 40 million individual lives across more than 40 countries – underscoring the Foundation’s commitment to fostering social change. Past WIP winners’ successes include international accolades, various industry prizes, and obtaining more than $9.5 million in additional funding.
Vodafone Wireless Innovation Project 2017Vodafone Americas Foundation's Wireless Innovation Project promotes wireless innovation for a better world. This video features the three winning projects of the Wireless Innovation Project's 2017 competition: PathVis, WIPER, and DreamSave Innovation. More about the Wireless Innovation Project PathVisPathVis is a smartphone-based detection platform that is able to quantitatively measure the level of a disease pathogen in environmental and patient samples, providing health organizations with real-time and locational data on disease prevalence so that healthcare resources can be more efficiently targeted to areas of need. PathVis was a 2017 winner in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about PathVis WIPERIllegal wildlife trafficking is leading to the extirpation of numerous species. WIPER is a novel wireless, low-power, acoustic shot detector that can be integrated into existing location tracking collars commonly used with elephants and other mammals across Africa. WIPER can disrupt poaching by automatically notifying authorities when shots are fired. WIPER was a 2017 winner in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about WIPER DreamSave InnovationDreamSave Innovation is a solution for the millions of unbanked people who are members of village savings groups to access digital financial services through scalable and sustainable mobile application. DreamSave Innovation was a 2017 winner in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about DreamSave Innovation Augmented Reality for Pedestrian Safety (SafetyAR)Child pedestrian safety represents a global public health challenge. SafetyAR will deliver virtual reality environments delivered via smartphone to teach children to cross streets safely in their community. SafetyAR was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about SafetyAR ENVisionENVenture is building an open source mobile app productivity tool called ENVision for cash-based merchants in developing countries who primarily sell fast moving consumer goods; our application enables merchants to capture inventory, input sales, and forecast orders, with real-time data visualization, running offline and on 2G networks. ENVision was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about ENVision HealthAware Personal AssistantHealthAware Personal Assistant was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about HealthAware Personal Assistant. EarlySeeEarlySee is a mobile app for autism screening, objective and widely accessible, which captures gaze distributions using smartphone camera and biofeedback data using wearable sensors. The app then performs data analysis in the cloud server and provides a quantitative score for children at risk. EarlySee was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about EarlySee DreamSave InnovationDreamSave Innovation is a solution for the millions of unbanked people who are members of village savings groups to access digital financial services through scalable and sustainable mobile application. DreamSave Innovation was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about DreamSave Innovation Community Cellular NetworksCommunity Cellular Networks is a community-owned project that helps reach the “last mile” of mobile connectivity by bringing first-time cell coverage to isolated communities. Community Cellular Networks was a 2017 finalist in the Wireless Innovation Project sponsored by the Vodafone Americas Foundation. More about Community Cellular Networks 
