Apart from drastically reducing the barriers of everyday communication, mobile technology has proved to be an effective means of development. There are over 1.3 million apps available which have resulted in over 50 billion downloads. Only a very small percentage of these apps have been created for social good. The awareness of such apps amongst beneficiaries and general citizens is quite low. In addition, they are often hard to identify in the blitz of games and networking apps. There is also a lack of platforms providing knowledge resources for development organisation to encourage them to move towards automation and addressing social challenges by use of ICT based solutions.
Social App Hub is Indias first crowdsourcing platform aimed at curating, strengthening & providing knowledge resources on mobile innovations bringing great impact in critical sectors of health, education, governance, agriculture, disability and safety. The platform also offers a plethora of knowledge through its case studies; articles, interviews, blogs & news to foster technology enabled social innovation in the development sector.
The product offers:-
Case Studies
The Hub features multiple case studies on how mobile technology has created impact at the grass roots, pan-India across socio-economic indicators. Listed in order of popularity, this feature enables social organizations to showcase the impact of their respective work to a larger audience.
Articles
This section highlights some of most pressing problem statements & success stories of social development sector in form of short articles.
Interviews
The Interview section provides insights from leaders and influencers of social development organizations leveraging mobile technology to increase their social impact and reach.