Comments on: Kazi560 – Jobsearching via mobile phone

By: Jeffrey Allen

Jeffrey Allen — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:59:35 +0000

Thanks for the post, Ethan. Anyone who wants more info about the Kazi560 project or OneWorld’s other Mobile4Good projects (Learning about Living and LifeLines) — or if you want to start something similar in your own country — please get in touch! Check out our website (http://mobile.oneworld.net) and shoot us an email: m4g@oneworld.net

By: Beyond Obama’s V.P. pick: Six other great uses for text messaging

Beyond Obama’s V.P. pick: Six other great uses for text messaging — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:15:24 +0000

[...] Kenya: More recently, a new program called Kazi560 is helping Kenyans find jobs. (Unemployment there is 40 percent!) The idea is that [...]

By: phone review

phone review — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:58:35 +0000

hi, very good info. Mobile phone is very important device for people all around the world. Due to its technical nature, problems are met from time to time. So we need learn from each other. thanks. :)

By: New Uses (to me) of Technology in Kenya « Shannon’s Corner

New Uses (to me) of Technology in Kenya « Shannon’s Corner — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:08:05 +0000

[...] Kenya’s technology use and activism. For example, digital technology in Kenya is being used to help laborers find jobs by texting mobile subscribers daily updates of specific locations and work available. This saves [...]

By: …My heart’s in Accra » Kenya: Citizen Media in a time of crisis

…My heart’s in Accra » Kenya: Citizen Media in a time of crisis — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:26:03 +0000

[...] been early adopters of mobile money transfer systems like M-PESA and complex SMS-based systems like Kazi560 which matches jobseekers and employers via their [...]

By: Job4U « Michael Sieburg

Job4U « Michael Sieburg — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:14:52 +0000

[...] new text messaging service in Kenya that alerts blue collar workers to job opportunities. Zuckerman writes, “If you’re a laborer, you can spend an amazing amount of your time wandering from one [...]

By: Can

Can — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:54:24 +0000

This is such a simple and useful idea. Us western engineers tend to look for complicated solutions when sometimes the smallest things can have an incredible impact. Thanks for pointing this out!

By: karthik

karthik — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:04 +0000

Its lot informative man.I think we too can follow in our country.