Emerginov An open incubator to stimulate local innovation ' Orange Labs Morgan Richomme – Orange Labs

Co-innovation in emerging countries GSM users SOHO Universities Local developers Diaspora Local operator Network(s) (IP, GSM) High Mobile penetration rate Telecom Web GOS, SDP, Nanocloud, OMS, Orange API Mostly prepaid Heterogeneous data coverage Good GSM coverage Low literacy rate Lots of vernacular languages A local, young and innovative ecosystem Services Radio Facebook, google APIs,..

 Open prototyping platform bridging GSM and web worlds  Provide the toolbox allowing the development of local services by local people for local people  Platform all-in-one: from the code to the deployment over the top of the operator networks  Platform focusing on vocal enablers (IVR, Text-To-Speech)  Platform based on smart integration of open source components Internet user Mobile user Introduction to Emerginov

4 Emerginov today Flexibility Open innovation Quick deployment Low cost solution Infrastructures  3 core platforms available : France, Senegal, Mauritius 4 Gateways (Vocal and SMS for local low-cost communication equipments) already deployed in Africa : Mauritius, Mali, Botswana, France. Easily extensible to any African country (~ 1K€)  Free APIs (SMS, Text-To-Speech, Call control, GSM groups,...) Services  Vocal services : IVR, Conference bridge: local routable numbers. (default capacity : 24 simultaneous calls)  SMS based services (in & out)  Web services (web hosting included)  Mobile services (provide server infrastructure) –for Widget –for smartphone applications  Mash-up : Multi access bearer (SMS, Vocal, Data) Sustainable Digital development  Open source components to easily share technology with the partners  Bootable USB key to allow developing with limited connectivity  Reference library of open source business applications related to Africa  Similar approach for generated content based on Creative-Commons licenses

Emerginov : what is it for ? Voices (2011) : European FP7 project - health and agriculture pilots (Web Foundation, TNO, SahelCo,.. EU project) / Mali, Senegal) Widget birth declaration (2011) - m-health (NGO Santé&Action, Health minister) Codecamp orange Expo 2010 &2011 (MT, Mauritius Universities) Service creativity sessions - m-agriculture(2012) (Orange Botswana, University of Botswana) E-education IFADEM (2012) (AUF, AFD/Madagascar) Content project Niger (2012) - education (AFD, Orange foundation/ Niger) Medicines management - health (2012) (Pharmacie Humanitaire, Senegal) Widget quiz - m-education (2012) (Unicef, Senegal) Market place (2012) (Ilab Cairo/Egypt) Orange Money web API (University of Technology of Mauritius) Low-cost USSD enabler (2011) (University of Technology of Mauritius) Basic Wolof voice recognition (2011) (ESMT/Senegal) Geolocalization (2012) (UCAD/Senegal) Webradio API(2012) (University of Botswana) Technology Emerginov has been and is used to support several projects in Africa micro-services

Emerginov: what is it? An incubator of open source micro-services  Library of micro services  massive reuse  in line with institutional requirements on digital sustainability An agile and flexible Infrastructure all-in-one  Core platform in Dakar, Mauritius & France  Gateways in Mauritius, Mali, France, Botswana 1 community  Original Bottom-Up approach: services from the field  Ecosystem of partners (> 250 people on the social network)

Emerginov in action : codecamp Mauritius 2010

Emerginov : Beyond Orange  Emerginov already introduced in RMLL (Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel libre) 2011 in category community and education and during EFRAD (Recherche Francophone)  Publication of a open source version of Emerginov planned for 2012  Any partner soon welcome to join the open source community on this open PHP Paas

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