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I am an ICT project leader and researcher living in Cape Town, South Africa. I focus on youth and:

  • mobile learning
  • digital games and learning (particularly alternate reality games)
  • participatory culture
  • e-government.

I am currently the fellow for 21st century learning at the Shuttleworth Foundation. Before that I was a Digital Vision research fellow at Stanford University. I have a Masters in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town.

My big idea: mobile phones, games and digital media are the future of Africa’s education

My mantra: “Use the ICTs in the hands of youth to enable their participation”

My strength: theoretical and practical experience of ICT projects for developing country people

I blog about my research, and have published papers and given presentations at numerous academic, United Nations and popular conferences. I also blog by invitation for the Mail & Guardian’s Thought Leader and Tech Leader sites.

What others say about me:

“Steve is one of those rare people who knows what it takes to bridge not just technological divides but social ones, consistently figuring out not just how to create new tools, but how to get people to use them in meaningful ways.”
– Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody

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