Mobistation (DigiSchool)

Target SDGs

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

UNICEF Uganda

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Kio Kit.

Regions

Africa

Countries

Uganda

Manufacturing/Building Method

Software and hardware development.

Intellectural Property Type

Open-source

User Provision Model

Field implementations and partnerships.

Distributions to Date Status

50 Mobi-Stations have been distributed by 2018.

Design Specifications

MobiStation, is a portable, solar-powered multimedia kit fully equipped with a speaker, projector, laptop, and a document reading camera. It comes with pre-uploaded education content that is used to aid learning in schools and can also be used in Health Centers.

The kit consists of a pelican case that holds the equipment both for storage and use. The laptop contains education content in the form of video clips, cartoons, music videos, math lessons, and even offline Wikipedia.

Using MobiStation, a teacher can capture the content of a book using the camera and then project it in a wall where students can see it, thus helping solve the challenge of limited resources in remote and underserved areas.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Offered by the manufacturer.

Replacement Components

Unknown

Lifecycle

Unknown

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

The designers aim to teacher absenteeism, solve the problem of poor-quality instruction, and lack of textbooks.

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

No known safety hazards are related to this product.

Complementary Technical Systems

None

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Unknown

Evaluation methods

The product is evaluated for reducing teacher absenteeism and school drop out rate.

Other Information

None