Humanitarian Innovation in Kakuma and Nakivale
10.06.2021 - Samuel Hall is the recipient of a research grant from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) to explore how refugees traveling within East Africa use mobile technology and the internet to support migration, and to what extent current mobile tech solutions meet their needs.
Conducted over six months, the study took place in Kenya and Uganda, home to some 1.7 million refugees. Both countries are two of the largest refugee hosts in the East and Horn of Africa (alongside Ethiopia and Sudan) and positioned at the nexus of regional migration.
This short video from Kakuma refugee camp presents some of the study’s main findings and takes a step towards deciphering the degree to which mobile phone coverage, access to smartphones, awareness of mobile-based services and technical literacy affect the role mobile technology can play in supporting refugees hosted in East Africa.
