Browsing @iLabAfrica Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Accessing maternal healthcare information using a mobile application
(Strathmore University, 2012-10)The ubiquity and penetration of mobile phones in Sub-Saharan Africa presents the opportunity to leverage maternal care information provision in both prenatal and postnatal cases. The slow progress and funding constraints ... -
Establishing the success factors for adoption of mobile shopping in Kenya’s retail industry
(Strathmore University, 2013)Globally, mobile shopping is a multi-billion industry which has been observed to grow at a fast pace. Mobile shopping is one of the electronic commerce types and is at times referred to as mobile storefront. In Kenya, the ... -
Role of mobile technology in anti- counterfeit initiatives in Kenya: case of electronic products
(Strathmore University, 2013)Counterfeiting has had devastating effects in the global market and more especially in recent times. This can be attributed to the fact that counterfeiting has become more sophisticated and as the world transforms into a ... -
Investigating the success factors to the adoption of baby monitor in Kenya : A case of D’Baby Monitor
(Strathmore University, 2013)Baby monitors are not a new phenomenon in the developed world. Despite their wide and common use and new revolutions each day, little or no research has been done to identify their impact in the community. One of the ... -
Mobile health architecture for health-care information delivery: case study: a breast cancer awareness mobile application (PINK RIBBON)
(Strathmore University, 2013)Mounting interest in the field of m-Health—the provision of health-related services via mobile communications—can be traced to the evolution of several interrelated trends. In many parts of the world, including the ... -
M-Banking: framework for extending adoption of M-banking in rural areas of Kenya.
(Strathmore University, 2013)Banking is an area in which technology has had a fundamental impact on the everyday lives of consumers. This dissertation examines an innovation in the financial services industry, namely mobile banking services. It seeks ... -
The use of mobile technology to improve service delivery in the hospitality industry: a case of restaurants in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)The research takes a look at the restaurant industry in Kenya as well as the trends in the mobile industry. It then looks into how we can leverage the mobile industry to better the hospitality industry.The research determines ... -
The use of mobile technology to provide information access and improve service delivery in the petroleum industry: case study of Kenol Kobil Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)Access to and use of mobile telephony in sub-Saharan Africa has increased dramatically over the past decade. Mobile telephony has brought new possibilities to the continent. Mobile phones are becoming a part of the daily ... -
Modeling of a secure distribution framework for topical digital materials to enhance m-learning in secondary schools
(Strathmore University, 2013)and lecturers in our local institutions have been writing educational materials which find wide acceptance by their students, some of these write-ups are topical learning materials. Topical learning materials are write-ups ... -
Use of mobile technology by environmental conservation Bodies to enhance reporting of incidents of illegal dumping of Waste
(Strathmore University, 2013)This research determines and analyzes the challenges that environmental conservation body’s face when trying to deal with the issue of illegal dumping of waste in the area of reporting of such incidents. It looks at how ... -
Mobile hospital services locator : case of hospitals in Nairobi County
(Strathmore University, 2013)To date, In Kenya online hospital rankings are virtually nonexistent. In the U.S. however, in a context where health is more in tune with market forces and consumerism (government agencies and corporations purchasing "care, ... -
Mobile technology adoption and application in the MFI sector in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)Micro Finance Institutions (MFI) are key pillars in the global effort to extend economic inclusion to the poor. To achieve their mandate Micro Finance institutions use an operating model that requires wide outreach, frequent ... -
The Implementation of a Mobile Application for enhancing School Home Communication for day Secondary Schools in Nairobi
(Strathmore University, 2013)Parent involvement in their children‟s education helps ensure children's education success. The importance of parental involvement as an accelerating and motivating factor in their children's education is a worldwide ... -
Use of regular expressions for multilingual detection of Hate speech in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)language in online forums and other text based communication mediums such as SMS is nothing new. It is not uncommon to see comments such as: ‘this comment has been removed due to a low rating’ or simply ‘comment removed’ ... -
Leveraging information access in E-Government using mobile services in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2013)The purpose of this research paper is show the possibility of applying mobile web services using open source software. With the increase in the mobile penetration in Kenya, there is a need to provide access to the Government ... -
The Impact of digital villages in rural ICT development
(Strathmore University, 2013)The Kenyan government with the support of private organisations created an initiative by the name Pasha which involved the setting up Digital Villages across the country with key focus on rural communities. The government ... -
A generic framework for implementation of mobile Value Added Services (MVAS)
(Strathmore University, 2013-05)Mobile Telephony market in Kenya has been characterized by intense competition among the Service providers. This has lead to very low charges for core mobile services such as calls and Short Messaging Service (SMS), thus ... -
Citizens on Patrol
(Strathmore University, 2013-05)Economies the world over thrive on the existence of security and the upholding of laws, police departments are entrusted with both of this roles. Policing has evolved over many centuries having begun back in the 900 A.D. ... -
A Unified Service Delivery Platform for Emerging Mobile Applications
(Strathmore University, 2013-06)Emerging mobile applications such as Android and J2ME are delivered through application stores while most conventional applications such as Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD) and SIM Tool Kit (STK) are provisioned ... -
Accessing Maternal Healthcare Information Using A Mobile Application
(2013-11-14)The ubiquity and penetration of mobile phones in Sub-Saharan Africa presents the opportunity to leverage maternal care information provision in both prenatal and postnatal cases. The slow progress and funding constraints ...
