It is easy to look at SMS-incorporating social innovations and not acknowledge the ways in which mobile technology is fetishized in the social entrepreneurship field -- and technology more generally. More and more, entrepreneurs are using mobile technology, social media, the Internet and other tech-inclined platforms as a way to provide tackle social problems.
From energy set up on a pay as you go scheme to micro-entrepreneurial kits, these SMS-incorporating social innovations might say something about looking to technology as both a means and a channel for critical insight. A few of the examples featured here are apps and others are more holistic social enterprises that use SMS as simply one way into the problem.
SCORE
2.8 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
GENERATION
- Gen Z
- Gen Alpha
- Millennial (primary audience)
- Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 25%
Activity 50%
Freshness 8%
