Vodafone Foundation-Nasscom launch Social App Hub

Taking another step towards Digital India, Vodafone Foundation launched Social Apps Hub, a platform that will curate socially impactful mobile apps, aimed at improving community welfare, in partnership with Nasscom Foundation.

The platform has over 100 mobile apps focused on health, safety, education, agriculture, disability and governance, making the collect the largest exclusive repository of socially relevant apps in India, the second largest telco in India said Thursday.

“Several mobile apps, across sectors, have already created substantial impact with their insightful approach and innovative solutions resulting in better education, health, livelihoods and safety, but awareness of such apps amongst beneficiaries, app developers, the development sector and general citizens is quite low,” P Balaji, Director, Regulatory, External Affairs & CSR said.

The company feels the first of a kind platform can potentially solve the problem of lack of awareness. It has specific areas for people looking for helpful apps, for developers and a section for posting problems that can be solved by using technology.

The Hub identifies reviews and features social apps developed for various developmental sectors and beneficiaries by bringing together various stakeholders including app developers and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), government initiatives and social enterprises.

Stakeholders use the mobile platform and technology to drive awareness building, inclusion and empowerment within communities, across sectors.

The platform is structured in a way that desired information about the sector of interest and relevant apps are easily accessible to download and use. Once a user clicks on the selected app, she is directed to the app page which gives app description and its features, which can be downloaded.

It also features multiple case studies on how mobile technology has created impact at the grass roots, pan-India across socio-economic indicators.