Innovation for All Based on Free Information Access
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Innovation for All based through free Information Access
| by | Wisam Ahmed |
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| Supervisor(s) | Nicolai Solberg Løvdal, Josef Noll |
| Due date | 2018/11/01 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Problem description: | This thesis focusses on the societal challenges related to Digital Inclusion. Though mobile networks have the potential of reaching everyone, the reality is that roughly 3.5 Billion people are not connected to the Internet. Being left-out from the Digital Society removes the capabilities for reaching higher levels of the Maslow pyramid, e.g. meaningfull work.
The thesis will focus on innovation for all, based on the concept of free access to information. The hypothesis is that access to information, being text, pictures and local video, and the connectivity to a local village server will foster digital inclusion. Special attention is drawn to content fostering innovation for all, and the relation to the Sustainable Development Goals of the Agenda 2030 |
| Methods and Tools: | The tools and methods in this thesis are based on
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| Time schedule | The envisaged time schedule (for a long thesis/60 ECTS) is:
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| Pre-Knowledge | This thesis includes an understanding of the principles of innovation, market aspects and socio-economic factors. |
| Approved | Pending by |
| Keywords | Basic Internet, Innovation4all, BasicInternet, SDGs, Agenda2030 |
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Contents
Meeting
- see App_development_process for yellow sticker idea
- File:201801MeetingNotes Wisam.pdf - meeting notes 10Jan2018
- Media:201711MeetingNotes-Wisam-Entreprenuership.pdf - meeting notes 17Nov2017
- [1] - meeting record 1Dec2017
- next meeting Friday 14Dec 12:45 at Digital Insight, Fridtjof Nansen plass 9 (4th floor) - Rådhuset, 1060 Oslo
TOC
Abstract iii Acknowledgements v
Introduction
1.1. Motivation and Background
1.1.1. Innovation bottom-up/ for all
( Innovation from the bottom of Maslow pyramide)
1.1.2. BasicInternet & InfoInternet
( Ongoing projects and the Agenda 2030)
1.2. Contribution of the thesis
(The importance of this research )
1.3. Thesis structure
(thesis protocols)
1.4. Technique/ Methodology
(Scientific methods used)
Theoretical framework
2.1. Local innovation and entrepreneurship
(Used types of entrepreneurship and ways of innovation)
2.2. Entrepreneurs women role
2.3. Disruptive field to enter
Problem statement (Scenario)
3.1. Reality
(Local situation in the working areas in Tanzania, India, and Congo)
3.2. Technological challenges
( Digital / Internet use locally, awareness, and needs)
3.3. Course of actions
( Suggested solution )
Entrepreneurial platform (EntrepNet)
4.1. Prototype / Mockup
4.1.1. Spots model
( designed for people without access to private smart device)
4.1.2. Private model
( designed for people with access to private smart device)
4.2. Entrepreneurial stages
( 3 stages: video courses, ideas, and teaming and funding)
4.3. Incentives system
( points per accomplished part, and point for referral of others)
4.2. Questionnaire / Survey
Implementation
5.1. Architecture
( creating suitable platform)
5.2. Functionality
(Role of involved elements)
5.3. Targeted segments
( Users : No use, and limited use)
Analysis
6.1. India
6.2. Tanzania
EntrepNet assessment
7.1. pros and cons
(what should be keeped and what should be changed/removed)
7.2. domestic requirements
(local required features)
Evaluation
8.1. Limitation and improvement
8.2 Future direction
(the solution/work done and whether that should have been done in another way)
Conclusion
(The results, work done, further suggested actions)
References
Appendices
(Interviews transcript, interview guide, survey, platform architecture for PCs, tablets, and mobiles )
List of figures
List of tables
List of Abbreviations
Comments
Proposal
Personal motivation
Comparing the technical facilities people have nowadays and how it looks in some technologically disadvantaged areas where individuals have almost no internet access which makes them excluded from the real world of today and also challenged by the difficulties that internet has solved. As also motivated by the fact that the participation in the digital society and the access to information is a human right.
On the other hand, getting in touch with BasicInternet team and their precious work to provide BasicInternet in various technically excluded regions (Tanzania, Congo, India), with aim to achieve the 2030 Agenda goals. All that gave me encouragement to contribute to this valuable work especially when I found out that the main focus was on the health and the education sides with a meager work on the business one.
One of the BasicInternet targeted field was small businesses for empowering women, but as this part wasn’t activated from before, I chose to study it and the consequences of providing free access to information in establishing novel entrepreneurial environment.
Relevance
Testing the entrepreneurial implications of the internet on the technologically disadvantaged areas would that open hidden opportunities for new services/products and resources for the local community in particular and for the whole country in general.
In addition, That will insure more equality, revenues streams, work opportunities, services/ products quality, saving time and money, and creating in types of businesses. Creating a specific platform for entrepreneurship and business would raise the level of overall economical awareness and health the national economic system. Not ignoring that will inspire connections between businesses in a wide range and more cooperation regionally.
Literature
The use will be for articles that studied the economical implications of the internet on societies in the Global South areas and the women role in the economical development and their entrepreneurial activities.
Research question
How access to internet/information would foster entrepreneurship in a developing society with a focus on women entrepreneurship?
Propositions
Women adopt new entrepreneurial principles
Trends toward digital businesses
Increase of the rate of participation/ more start-ups
Methodology
Thesis is based on the data collected from the use of the entrepreneurial platform and interviews as a case study ( inductive approach/ qualitative) to understand the implications of the free internet access on Global South to implement an entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Data
Entrepreneurial platform includes
Business principles video courses
Sharing idea sessions
Teaming up and fund sessions
Point/incentive system
Interviews
Survey
Red line
Your thesis should have a "red line", which is visible throughout the whole thesis. This means you should mention in the beginning of each chapter how the chapter contributes to the "goals of the thesis".
Use of scientific methods
A thesis follows a standard method:
- describe the problem (problemstilling)
- extract the challenges. These challenges should be measurable, e.g. method is too slow to be useful to voice handover.
- Analyse technology with respect to challenges. Don't write & repeat "everything" from a certain technology, concentrate on those parts (e.g. protocols) which are of importance for your problem
References
- Wikipedia is good to use to get an overview on what is happening. But there is not scientific verification of Wikipedia, thus you should use wikipedia only in the introduction of a chapter (if you use text from wikipedia). Use scientific literature for your thesis.
- Scientific library is "at your hand", you can get there directly from UiO: [[How to get access to IEEE, Springer and other scientific literature -> Unik/UiOLibrary]]
- I suggest that references to web pages, e.g. OASIS, W3C standards, are given in a footnote. Only if you find white papers or other .pdf documents on a web page then you refer to them in the reference section.
Evaluation of own work
Perform an evaluation of your own work. Revisit the challenges and discuss in how you fulfilled them. Provide alternative solution and discuss what should be done (or what could have been done).
