BOTSHABELO
DESIGN THINKING
A number of community members recently collaborated to imagine ways to improve life in Botshabelo. Top ideas emerged from this workshop and are now being taken through to the Innovation Prototyping phase.
Workshop
The goal of the initial Design Thinking workshop was to uncover new opportunities that might empower Botshabelo to reap the maximum benefits from improved internet access, while also enabling social and environmental sustainability.
IMAGINING FUTURES
ASPIRATIONS & OPPORTUNITIES
Education and skills development for youth
Development of income generating opportunities
Access to digital solutions and online services
Community safety
Personal development
Digitisation of health care facilities
Transport for youth to education facilities
Internet access
Apps for reporting of environmental or municipal issues
NEEDS IDENTIFIED
Outcomes
The teams created maps of Botshabelo that captured new ideas and the potential linkages between them. The following core, interrelated themes emerged:
- Youth focused Innovation Hub/community centre/internet cafe
- Community based digital marketplace for local produce and services
- Connecting homes and individuals to community facilities and services such as the clinic, school and library (or community centre)
- Clinics to communicate health care info and appointments directly to patients with an app which could also be linked to emergency services
- Use of drones for farming applications such as well as medical deliveries
CHALLENGE TO BIOLOGY
How can we find digital solutions and online services that can be derived from internet access?
COLLABORATE
Are you interested in collaborating?
Get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
