Kubatana.net is the second Zimbabwean human rights group to use Web 2.0 technology to monitor and report on the elections and the third in Africa following the Ushahidi project on the Kenyan elections started in January. Sokwanele [Enough is Enough] created a google map for mapping election breaches using data they collected from their Zimbabwean Election Watch series.

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a new mobile phone-focused platform called Populi.net.

 

The NGO Mobile competition is an annual competition open to NGOs from the Global South. The aim of the competition is to encourage NGOs to think of new ways of applying mobile technology to their work.

FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system to be conceived, designed and written firmly with the needs of the non-profit sector in mind. Until now, the majority of systems have not taken into account the nature of non-profit work, and the specific conditions (financial and physical) which many work under. The FrontlineSMS software is provided free to charities and other non-profit organisations. The software can be downloaded from the Download menu but requires activation before messages can be sent or received. Details on how to obtain activation codes are provided.

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