This past weekend Rlabs hosted a group of moms to do the first practical for the mom3.0 social media for social change session 2010. This is one of the community projects in the Lab which is facilitated by Terence Hendricks one of last year’s graduates.  These moms are very keen to learn new skill and [...]

After two consecutive years of social media for social change training under the umbrella of Rlabs, this past weekend they launched the 2010 social media for social change sessions. This is the 3rd year of training happening together withImpact Direct and CPUT. For 2008 -2009 Rlabs trained more than 70 men, women and teens on the platform [...]

Over the past three years RLabs have trained and empowered hundreds of community members on the use of Social Media for Social Change. The programmes include: The Reconstructed, Mom 2.0, Senior Mobile Sessions, Social Media for Teens, Social Media for Non-profits and Social Media Surgeries (Above Brent helping a community member at one of our [...]

Today was no ordinary day for the RLabs team as they launched the first African Social Media Surgery. The idea was to take Social and New Media to the public in an open space providing them with basic skills on getting started on this exciting journey. The launch was hosted by Vangate Mall in Bridgetown [...]

With the year well on its way 2010 will be the launch of the RLabs’ Community Innovation Academy (CIA) and Business Incubator. These additions to the Reconstructed Living Lab will ensure a space to increase social innovation to enhance community empowerment across Africa and other developing countries. We are driving innovation by people for the [...]