iCow

iCow

information service to educate and empower farmers using basic mobile phones
iCow - information service to educate and empower farmers using basic mobile phones

Location: 

Karen, Nairobi, Kenya

Duration: 

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Journey: 

Silicon Savannah

Personal highlights

  1. iCow: agricultural education and information service for farmers
  2. Farmers: about 2 million people, mostly without any proper education
  3. Safaricom: telecom partner to connect all farmers with a mobile phone
  4. Su Kahumbu: energetic founder, who set out to educate the farmers
  5. Green Dreams: me helping the organisation to communicate iCow

Image sources

  1. Official iCow logo
  2. iCow on your basic phone
  3. office to educate the world
  4. advertisement with Safaricom
  5. the founder in action

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