Using the Living Lab Approach to Develop and Adapt a Context-Aware ICT4D Solution

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dc.citation.doihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/21587
dc.citation.issue19en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNtawanga, Felix
dc.contributor.authorColeman, Alfred
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-24T14:23:48Z
dc.date.available2016-12-24T14:23:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-15
dc.description.abstractThe rising use of mobile smartphones by people in rural areas of the developing world has resulted in increased deployment of information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) solutions targeted at empowering rural communities to overcome various socio-economic challenges. However, shortfalls in infrastructure, community buy-in, training, and management of ICT interventions are widely cited as impeding user acceptance and sustainability of potentially useful rural ICT4D interventions. This article outlines a deployment of the living lab approach to develop and adapt a mobile, web-based, e-procurement solution for small-scale retailers in Kgautswane, a remote rural area in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. The living lab approach is an open-innovation methodology for development of context-based sustainable ICT4D solutions.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianCA2016en_ZA
dc.description.urlwww.wits.ac.za/linkcentre/ajicen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNtawanga, F., & Coleman, A. (2016). Using the living lab approach to develop and adapt a context-aware ICT4D solution. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 19, 39-58. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/21587en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2077-7213 (online version)
dc.identifier.issn2077-7205 (print version)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/21587
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.23962/10539/21587
dc.journal.titleThe African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC)en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.orcid.idNtawanga: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5020-1930
dc.orcid.idColeman: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-4996
dc.publisherLINK Centre, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjectICT4D, rural areas, sustainability, living lab, open innovation, context-aware computing, usability, Kgautswane, South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleUsing the Living Lab Approach to Develop and Adapt a Context-Aware ICT4D Solutionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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