innovation week ghana - the feature phone fortune at the base of the pyramid
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Keynote presentation at Innovation Week Ghana at the AITI-KACE Centre for ICT. This presentation talks through the massive opportunities that exist in mobile business in Africa, and why African entrepreneurs and mobile developers should focus on building for the base of the pyramid first - for users with feature phones and for adolescent girls.TRANSCRIPT
Innovation Week Ghana
Andrew MissinghamKeynote Address
25.06.13
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The feature phone fortune at the base of the pyramid
But first...
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How I got here...
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Studied Performance Arts
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Musician & Record Producer
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Lecturer in Music at Liverpool Institute
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Music Projects at the British Council
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Director of Performing Arts at ICA
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Director of own company
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Independent Consultant
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Independent Consultant &
Events Producer
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Pop!
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My purpose
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I aim to change the world around me with
my gifts of intelligence, empathy, curiosity
and passion, exploring culture in its fullest
sense, and unleashing the power of
creativity that longs to burst from all of us.
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The Mobile Opportunity
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Phones are disruptive.
The Mobile Opportunity
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Phones are disruptive.
“Some have worried that the telephone permits inappropriate or dangerous discussions, such as illicit wooing”
(Claude Fischer)
The Mobile Opportunity
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Phones are disruptive.
“Some have worried that the telephone permits inappropriate or dangerous discussions, such as illicit wooing”
(Claude Fischer, 1880)
The Mobile Opportunity
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Phones have always been disruptive.
“Some have worried that the telephone permits inappropriate or dangerous discussions, such as illicit wooing”
(Claude Fischer, 1880)
The Mobile Opportunity
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Phones have always been disruptive.
“Some have worried that the telephone permits inappropriate or dangerous discussions, such as illicit wooing”
(Claude Fischer, 1880)
Get over it
The Mobile Opportunity
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Disruptive?
Yes, but in a good way...Mobile phones are arguably the most positively disruptive technologies that we have ever seen.
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Understand your market
To get the most out of the mobile technology opportunity, you have to look at it as an outsider.
This is my outsider’s view...
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What working in Africa feels like...
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What working in Africa feels like...
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Mobile is African;Africa is Mobile
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Mobile is African;Africa is Mobile
The most mobile marketplace in the world.
When you lead, the world follows...
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Mobile is African;Africa is Mobile
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Mobile is African;Africa is Mobile
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Jugaad Innovation & Shrewd Use
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Jugaad Innovation & Shrewd Use
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Start local to grow international
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Start local to grow international
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“No one can beat us for local cultural intelligence”
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Start local to grow international
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Start local to grow international
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Start with the problem
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Start with the problem
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Innovate Business models too
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Innovate Business models too
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Design for real people
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Design for real people
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Start with the tech people already own
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Start with the tech people already own
• Feature phones outnumber smartphones 10 to 1
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Start with the tech people already own
• Feature phones outnumber smartphones 10 to 1
• They’re not going to disappear.
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Start with the tech people already own
• Feature phones outnumber smartphones 10 to 1
• They’re not going to disappear.
• Why sell a Lexus to a Mercedes owner?
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Why try to sell a Lexus to a
Mercedes owner?
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Why not sell everyone a little
more fuel?
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Build for feature phones?
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• They're data enabled, within the reach of most Africans, but not fully exploited for their data capability
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• They're data enabled, within the reach of most Africans, but not fully exploited for their data capability
• Compelling data-using services are yet be created. So data use remains low
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Build for feature phones?
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• They're data enabled, within the reach of most Africans, but not fully exploited for their data capability
• Compelling data-using services are yet be created. So data use remains low
• We're creating the possibility that feature phones will be Africa's iPad - shared around the family, always on, always online.
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Build for feature phones?
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BUT ABOVE ALL, THEY HAVE TWO UNIQUE SELLING POINTS:
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BUT ABOVE ALL, THEY HAVE TWO UNIQUE SELLING POINTS:
BATTERY LIFE
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BUT ABOVE ALL, THEY HAVE TWO UNIQUE SELLING POINTS:
BATTERY LIFE
DURABILITY
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Start from the base
• Who’s at the base?
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Start from the base
• Who’s at the base?
• It’s adolescent girls
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Start from the base
• Who’s at the base?
• It’s adolescent girls
• Design for them, design for everyone
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Start from the base
• Who’s at the base?
• It’s adolescent girls
• Design for them, design for everyone
• Trickle down’s been tried.
IT DOESN’T WORK
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Build for the baseBuild for all
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Why design for girls?
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Why design for girls?
• Adolescent girls are statistically the least likely members of society to be invested into.
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Why design for girls?
• Adolescent girls are statistically the least likely members of society to be invested into.
• They are the most disadvantaged.
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Why design for girls?
• Adolescent girls are statistically the least likely members of society to be invested into.
• They are the most disadvantaged.
• Their potential is not being fulfilled.
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Why design for girls?
• Adolescent girls are statistically the least likely members of society to be invested into.
• They are the most disadvantaged.
• Their potential is not being fulfilled.
• Fulfilled and unleashed, their potential can add massive latent value to economies.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.” (Douglas Adams)
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
• Girls are geeks. They teach their families how to use mobile phones.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
• Girls are geeks. They teach their families how to use mobile phones.
• They do this more than boys, because they are more often at home.
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Why design for girls?
• Girls are the gateways to higher data use.
• Girls are geeks. They teach their families how to use mobile phones.
• They do this more than boys, because they are more often at home.
• This crosses rich and poor. It even crosses whether a girl owns a phone or not.
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In summary...
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In summary...• Know your own market
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In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
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In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
• Innovation in business models, not just execution
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In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
• Innovation in business models, not just execution
• Start local to grow international
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Tuesday, 25 June 13
In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
• Innovation in business models, not just execution
• Start local to grow international
• Design for real people
Andrew Missinghamhttp://amissingham.com
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Tuesday, 25 June 13
In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
• Innovation in business models, not just execution
• Start local to grow international
• Design for real people
• Design for technology most own (Feature phones)
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In summary...• Know your own market
• Use “Jugaad” and improvised innovation
• Innovation in business models, not just execution
• Start local to grow international
• Design for real people
• Design for technology most own (Feature phones)
• Design for the base (adolescent girls)
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In summary...But above all...
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In summary...But above all...
MAKE IT QUICK
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In summary...But above all...
MAKE IT QUICKMAKE IT CHEAP
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In summary...But above all...
MAKE IT QUICKMAKE IT CHEAP MAKE IT OFTEN
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In summary...But above all...
MAKE IT QUICKMAKE IT CHEAP MAKE IT OFTEN
SOME MAY NOT WORK, BUT WHAT WORKS WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
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But above all...
MAKE IT QUICKMAKE IT CHEAP MAKE IT OFTEN
SOME MAY NOT WORK, BUT WHAT WORKS WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
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Thank you!
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But above all...
MAKE IT QUICKMAKE IT CHEAP MAKE IT OFTEN
SOME MAY NOT WORK, BUT WHAT WORKS WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
Tuesday, 25 June 13