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Considering country-specific preferences in user interface (UI) design is a time-consuming task. We present a case study with German and Vietnamese users to explore how cultural theory can be applied in early design phases to support culturally ...

We analyse some of the ways that English shapes technology production in Namibia by critically reflecting on translations in designing the first fully bilingual Oshindonga website. We show that English, and symbols linked to English, perform in ...

The Talking Book is an audio technology for sharing knowledge about health and agriculture among oral cultures in rural settings. As a technology, without a display or mouse; navigation is through audio instructions and buttons labelled with icons. This ...

Affordable technological solutions are viewed as crucial means to eradicate poverty, which is particularly relevant for the agricultural sector in SSA. Despite the vast potential that is seen in agricultural innovations, smallholder farmers in SSA only ...

Persuasive games (PGs) informed by behaviour theories are effective tools for motivating health behaviour. It has been shown that tailoring PGs to the target audience increases their effectiveness. However, most existing studies on how to tailor PGs and ...

Technology Adoption in underserved communities still presents a set of challenges, which despite adapting established technology adoption models and considering infrastructures has not been resolved. In a quest to address this issue, we engaged a group ...

The African continent is making considerable strides to develop and implement technology-driven health innovations. Policymakers are increasingly acknowledging the rising concerns for online personal privacy and data protection as advances in eHealth ...

The participatory design, fabrication and customization of assistive technology can be an empowering experience for users with disabilities and their caregivers and teachers. These inherently creative activities can bring together multiple stakeholders ...

Research has shown the effectiveness of persuasive technologies in promoting desirable behaviors in many domains such as marketing and eCommerce. However, according to a recent meta-review, most of the existing studies of persuasive technologies have ...

Namibia praises itself as multi-cultural and united country with a wide variety of ethnicities. Most tribes take pride in their traditions, cultural values and practices. Based on historical legacies, differences amongst tribes can still be observed. ...

There is a paucity of research on ICTs use and risks and/or misuse by adolescents in the developing world. In addition, the nature and extent of cyberspace risks associated with adolescents of different age groups and gender is yet to be fully ...

There are several digital technologies which have been designed and successfully used to support mothers of preterm infants. However, none have been designed for application in the developing world context. For the existing interventions, none have ...

e-Banking is a well-researched phenomenon in the current trend towards pervasive digitalization of financial institutions. Banking statements have always been a key touch point between banks and their customers and the design of digital statements (or e-...

This paper presents the design and development of a persuasive game for health aimed at promoting risky sexual behaviour change among African youths called STD Pong. The arcade-style game simulates various sexual risky behaviours that could lead to ...

Human-computer interaction (HCI) systems are more likely to be successful if tailored to different user groups. However, in Africa, research on how internet experience (IE) and web design (WD) influence the perception of mobile websites is scarce. To ...

While Namibian SMEs are actively involved in social media marketing, there is a lack of deeper knowledge in audience analysis, campaign analytics and proper strategy planning to fully extract its benefits. Within the scope of the wider study, our main ...

In this paper, we conducted a survey of 206 smartphone users of different demographics in Japan and Tanzania, two countries with different security and privacy expectations, to analyse users' cybersecurity knowledge and attitudes. We studied password ...

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems have demonstrated that they provide an opportunity for a low-literate audience to express themselves and interact with information technology systems. However, to achieve such goals in a development setting ...

This research utilizes three of the social influence strategies (social learning, social comparison, and recognition) of the Persuasive System Design (PSD) to design and personalize persuasive system intervention intended to encourage users to adjust ...

Museums offer opportunities to observe and interact with exhibits, alongside learning about different cultures. Technologies have been developed in order to augment the visitor's experience during their museum visit, and how to make these technologies ...

This paper contributes to the understanding of graphical user interfaces for illiterate users. It looks at text-free user interface elements for software applications from a semiotic perspective. A field test was conducted (N=40) with literate and ...

The use of online social networks (OSNs) is increasing exponentially - leading to soaring risks for organisations. Organisations need to regulate employees' use of OSNs to minimise the impacts of OSNs related threats. The aim of this paper is to ...

The Ndebele culture, including its dress code, is at risk of being forgotten as young generations migrate to urban areas, leaving behind their traditions while adopting those that dominate the city. We propose an Internet of Things-based system to help ...

We propose to create a system that, by exploiting the possibilities provided by the Internet of Things (IoT), offers a cheap and affordable solution to prevent and control health problems of people, especially elderly, living in rural villages, where ...

In recent years, the use of smartphones as well as other handheld devices has increased and spread exponentially. Despite the increased popularity and distribution of AR, development of AR applications is not a simple endeavor. Not only because it is ...

We explored how teaching and learning programming can be made at home in Namibian university students' existing practices with their phones. We analysed practices that emerged in using WhatsApp group chat amongst 219 students registered for a first-year ...

Instituting an initiative called Project Mgbanwe; we proposed the use of digital video education approach to complement other Nigerian Prison Service (NPS)'s reformation programmes and to promote positive behavioral change amongst offenders. This ...

In this poster, we examine the possibilities digital services may provide to entrepreneurs in informal settlements where traditional employment is scarce. The literature and our fieldwork shows that the entrepreneurs can be separated to two main ...

Electronic government (e-Government) is expected to play a critical role of enabling the attainment of best practices of governance. Despite various efforts to implement e-Government, its use by the populace remains low. There are claims that e-...

Classical music is a very traditional art and not often associated with modern technology. This paper proposes an approach to combine both classical music and modern technology in order to create an interactive Augmented Reality (AR) experience. The ...