GDC congratulates Development 2.0 Challenge winner RapidSMS for having successfully completed its pilot study in Malawi. The results are now available on their website.

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submissions

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

1) Connecting Refugees

2) CoordinAid: Technology To Augment Humanitarian Relief Efforts

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submissions

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

 
1) Cell By Cell Community Twitter

2) Freecycle.Org Global Smartphone/SMS Gift Economy

3) HarassMap - Reporting & Mapping Sexual Harassment On The Streets Via SMS

4) Khuluma

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submissions

ECONOMIC GROWTH & TRADE (13-24)

13)Mobile Application For Virtual Community Based Complementary Currencies

14)Mobile Point Of Sale For Microentrepreneurs

15)MStockGuru

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submissions

ECONOMIC GROWTH & TRADE (1-12)

 
1) Armenian Monuments Awareness Project: Preservation Through Audio Tours Using Mobile

2) Assured Labor

3) BizWiz - The Business Helper

2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge submissions

CROSS-CUTTING PROGRAMS

1) AfriAfya Smartphones For Eastern Africa

Mobile innovations from the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge

The three winners of the first USAID Development 2.0 Challenge show that in developing countries, cell phones—and in particular the text messages (SMS) they can send so cheaply and quickly—offer huge potential for development efforts.

Congratulations to RapidSMS Child Malnutrition, the winners of the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge! Thank you to our winners, finalists, and everyone who submitted and participated in the voting process.

We are pleased to introduce you to the three winning projects from the 2008 USAID Development 2.0 Challenge. We are elated with the caliber of the winners. They are (in alphabetical order):