期刊名称：The African Journal of Information and Communication
印刷版ISSN：2077-7205
电子版ISSN：2077-7213
出版年度：2016
卷号：2016
期号：19
页码：39-58
DOI：10.23962/10539/21587
语种：English
出版社：University of the Witwatersrand
摘要：The rising use of mobile smartphones by people in rural areas of the developing worldhas resulted in increased deployment of information and communication technologyfor development (ICT4D) solutions targeted at empowering rural communities toovercome various socio-economic challenges. However, shortfalls in infrastructure,community buy-in, training, and management of ICT interventions are widely citedas impeding user acceptance and sustainability of potentially useful rural ICT4Dinterventions. This article outlines a deployment of the living lab approach to developand adapt a mobile, web-based, e-procurement solution for small-scale retailers inKgautswane, a remote rural area in South Africa’s Limpopo Province. The livinglab approach is an open-innovation methodology for development of context-basedsustainable ICT4D solutions.
关键词：Context-aware computing; ICT4D; Kgautswane; Living lab; Open innovation; Rural areas; South Africa; Sustainability;Usability
