Episode 54: The Reconstructed Living Labs
Listen (24 min, 25 seconds)In this week's episode of The Digital Edge we take a very special look at the Reconstructed Living Labs run by Marlon Parker in the Western Cape. Marlon and his team tirelessly work to uplift their community through the use of technology. In the drug addled landscape Marlon uses services like Mxit and The Grid to counsel troubled youth. In this episode Marlon tells us about the start of the project, how it's funded and where he's going with new projects. We also speak to reformed gangsters looking to help their community via the Reconstructed Living Labs.
We also speak to Sean Riley of AD:Dynamo in our Agency of the week section and as always, Kerry-Anne Gilowey joins us in the iPad news section.
Guests:
Marlon Parker:
Marlon Parker is a Social Entrepreneur and an Information Technology Lecturer at Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) since October 2000. He is also the founder of the Reconstructed Living Labs.
Sean Riley:
Sean is the Chief Executive Officer at AD:Dynamo. He operates Ad Dynamo on a daily basis, developing technology, business relationships, and nuturing happy customers.
Links:
Reconstructed Living Labs: http://www.rlabs.org/
AD:Dynamo: http://www.addynamo.com/
Cape Town Daily Photo: http://www.capetowndailyphoto.com/
Jarred Cinman: http://jarredcinman.com
Saul Kropman: http://saulk.co.za
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