February 26, 2013
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The last 2 weeks was the second visit of our team (Brent Williams and Clinton Liederman) to Sierra Leone to train a group of passionate young people on the use of Digital Technology for social change. The Sierra Labs programme is a partnership between RLabs and Plan International with the goal of creating training and development, entrepreneurship and incubation opportunities in the beautiful Sierra Leone. The Sierra Labs team officially…
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February 19, 2013
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Iringa Living Lab in Tanzania have been going from strength to strength being the innovative change agents in Iringa, Tanzania. They been providing a variety of training offerings in partnership with TanzICT and RLabs with another recent programme teaching the Neema Crafts Staff. The training equips the staff in understanding more about Social Media and how they can leverage it in their daily work in this amazing organisation. We will…
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February 18, 2013
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Today was a big day for one of our 2013 incubatees, Cinemo, who launched the first full length feature film on the Mxit platform. A Lucky Man, a film about Ernie ‘Lastig’ Solomon, the legendary ex-gang boss, is the first full-length feature film to premiere exclusively on a social network. Mxit users can download the movie using the newly-launched Cinemo app. Lucky Man has been broken into 18 four-minute episodes….
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February 17, 2013
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The past week has been another great time to change lives through the academies in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Across the two campuses more than 800 community members were equipped with skills ranging from Technology to Entrepreneurship. It was also the first week where the GROW Academy started their new Leadership programme serving more than a 100 young people. Seeing the enthusiasm and excitement proved that equipping this generation with…
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February 6, 2013
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Today we are proud to introduce the next bright ideas that will be hosted at the RLabs Innovation Incubator & Accelerator during 2013. The ideas below will receive incubation, mentorship, business and product development, and up to $20,000 seed investment/support/mentorship over the next 9 months. The ideas that will be hosted at RLabs are: Cinemo – A mobile application distributing music videos, movies and public service announcements. What’s Your Price…
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