Thanks to the excellent team at The Digital Edge who showcased The Story of the Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs) in their show today. The Digital Edge is hosted by Saul Kropman and Jarred Cinman and is a weekly podcast brought to you by Cambrient which will expose its listeners to the inner workings of digital [...]

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 activities well on its way during 2010 at RLabs we are having an exciting year ahead of us. The projects we involved in this year are:
- Social Media Training
- Social Media Consulting
- Mobile Citizens Journalism
- Mobile Counselling
- Community Innovation Academy
- Business Incubator
- Senior Mobile Sessions (SMS)
- Sustainable Mobility Project
- Social Media Surgeries
- RLabs Fellows
- [...]

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 [...]