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Emerging Markets in Digital Media
        December 2009
Adapt
Mobile phone charger!
“The majority of the world’s designers focus all
   their efforts on developing products and
   services exclusively for the richest 10% of the
   world’s customers. Nothing less than a
   revolution in design is needed to reach the
   other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises
Global Stats
1.6 Billion people live without
electricity
80% of the world live under $10 a DAY
Over 9 million people die each year of
hunger. 5 million are CHILDREN
2 Billion people live on small farms
West vs. World
 Think outside
the western box


Mobile phones
 vs. laptops

  Individual
 vs. Collective
COMMUNICATION
Communication
China has 700 million mobile phone subscribers

India -15.6 million mobile phone subscribers per month as of
March, 2009

United Nations found that mobile phones are closing the digital
divide between rich and poor nation providing a new market of
Internet users

In the developing world mobile phones are the most affordable
option versus landlines

Africa has past North American mobile phone users at 300
million subscribers
Design for the Bottom Billion
Design a income generating
tool capable of at least paying
for itself in one year
MOTIVATIONS
Motivation

Challenge conventional
methods of donating
people out of poverty
Listen.Learn.Design.
Teach a (wo)man how to                        fish
Grameen Foundation- AppLab received a $4.7 million grant
from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support
Community Knowledge Worker Project in Uganda

Develop mobile applications for information on health,
agriculture, weather and market intel

$25 Treadle Pump to poor farmers helped increase their
families in return providing income for their families

M- PESA Money Transfer in Kenya
“A slum is a beehive of grass root enterprises”- Paul Polak
Work with a mobile entrepreneur
Live with a family
What are their   behaviors
Design for 90%
Are ethnic, racial or tribal distinctions
important in this community?
Are communities divided along class or
income?
How might gender inequality affect
your research or design?
What are the issues?
 HEALTH
 EDUCATION
 TRANSPORTATION
 SHELTER
 WATER
 ENERGY
Design for 90%
Design a income generating tool capable of at
least paying for itself in one year.
If the ipod was developed from the $5 transistor
radio then we can design products to be attractive
to dollar-a-day customers
Without a revolutionary way of thinking & practice
within the development community, businesses, &
the bottom billion---Poverty will never end.
Viewing developing nations as a untapped base
ready for new opportunities -- we will see faster
and more measurable results
“Digital Starbucks”
CREDITS
Out of Poverty” - Paul Polak
Design for the other 90%
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Design for the Bottom Billion

  • 1. Alvin Singh Emerging Markets in Digital Media December 2009
  • 4. “The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.” —Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises
  • 5. Global Stats 1.6 Billion people live without electricity 80% of the world live under $10 a DAY Over 9 million people die each year of hunger. 5 million are CHILDREN 2 Billion people live on small farms
  • 6. West vs. World Think outside the western box Mobile phones vs. laptops Individual vs. Collective
  • 8. Communication China has 700 million mobile phone subscribers India -15.6 million mobile phone subscribers per month as of March, 2009 United Nations found that mobile phones are closing the digital divide between rich and poor nation providing a new market of Internet users In the developing world mobile phones are the most affordable option versus landlines Africa has past North American mobile phone users at 300 million subscribers
  • 10. Design a income generating tool capable of at least paying for itself in one year
  • 12. Motivation Challenge conventional methods of donating people out of poverty
  • 14. Teach a (wo)man how to fish Grameen Foundation- AppLab received a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support Community Knowledge Worker Project in Uganda Develop mobile applications for information on health, agriculture, weather and market intel $25 Treadle Pump to poor farmers helped increase their families in return providing income for their families M- PESA Money Transfer in Kenya
  • 15. “A slum is a beehive of grass root enterprises”- Paul Polak
  • 16. Work with a mobile entrepreneur
  • 17. Live with a family
  • 18. What are their behaviors
  • 19. Design for 90% Are ethnic, racial or tribal distinctions important in this community? Are communities divided along class or income? How might gender inequality affect your research or design?
  • 20. What are the issues? HEALTH EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION SHELTER WATER ENERGY
  • 21. Design for 90% Design a income generating tool capable of at least paying for itself in one year. If the ipod was developed from the $5 transistor radio then we can design products to be attractive to dollar-a-day customers Without a revolutionary way of thinking & practice within the development community, businesses, & the bottom billion---Poverty will never end. Viewing developing nations as a untapped base ready for new opportunities -- we will see faster and more measurable results
  • 23. CREDITS Out of Poverty” - Paul Polak Design for the other 90% www.alvins456.wordpress.com www.Ideo.com www.flickrs.com/photos/mytripsmypics