Archive for May 18th, 2012
New mobile-based weather alert system to aid Uganda’s fishermen on Lake Victoria
The Uganda Department of Meteorology (UDoM), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), MTN, Ericsson, National Lake Rescue Institute (NLRI) and the Kalangala Fishing community have partnered to launch a localised weather alert service to fishing villages on Lake Victoria which uses mobile technology, called Mobile Weather Alert service. The system makes it possible for the partners to [...]