The mLab Mobile Applications Laboratory project, funded by infoDev (part of the World Bank), is implemented in 5 regions worldwide: East Africa (Kenya), Southern Africa, South Asia (Pakistan), Eastern Europe (Armenia), and Southeast Asia (Vietnam).
mLab aims to support and promote innovation in mobile applications by providing an open space for technology enthusiasts to meet, exchange ideas, and work on developing mobile apps and starting businesses, together with support services, training, and community development activities.
The Southeast Asia mLab project in Vietnam by 04
the founding consortium includes Saigon Hi-Tech Park, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, FPT University and Elcom. The Saigon Hi-Tech Business Incubator (SHBI), a unit under Saigon Hi-Tech Park, was appointed to represent the consortium in directly implementing and managing the mLab project. Functions of mLab East Asia:
– Training mobile app developers
– Solution/product/idea competitions
– Business Consulting
– Replicating Successful Apps:
– Knowledge repository in ICT4D (ICT for Development)
– Research consumer behavior
– Access to finance, access to markets
mLab regularly organizes competitions and seminars related to mobile application development
