Microwork for Sports Information

Microwork for Sports Information 

Microworkers reports scores for local sports

Fans empowered with immediate access to sport information

Sustaining passion

SP RT

Sport generates passion!

Why?

• How fast can I access sports information?

• Where and how can I find the sports results??

Amadou is living in Senegal. He is a fan of the national championship. He supports the Dakar 1 team. He cannot go to the stadium because it is too expensive. He generally waits for the newspaper of the next day to get the game results.

Reporting of sport results requires a sophisticated infrastructure that is taken for granted in the developed world

Soccer

Basketball

Wresting

What is the live score of France - Spain?

How many fights did Mister T win?

My favorite

basketball player is

Tony Parker

Submit informationGet information

Submission of the Sport Information

Submission via formatted SMS, app or the mobile web

Reporters (MicroWorkers) apply to become trusted reporters and focus on

particular sports / locations

Query of the Sport Information

Query by SMS services, app or mobile web•Scores, number of games, best athletes…•Votes for favorite teams and athletes…

Immediate information and convenience of access

Social network to create communities and sustain passion!

Status of our existing solution• Staff submitted information of local soccer games in

Senegal (Using regular staff; microwork model necessary to scale) • Used from August to December 2011 in one city only (Thiès)• 250 games submitted through a Java ME app

that can be installed on feature and smart phones• Problem: No free SMS to submit the information

• Digital information of local games available for future use, analysis and data mining

• Query of the live results by SMS (premium SMS using a short code)o Team scores, best scorer, number of goals / player…

• Engagement of the public using SMSo Votes for the favorite players / teamso Comments reported on the website and Twitter

Status of our existing solution

• Display of the live results on the web site http://nawetaanlive.com

Growth using microworkers

We want to move our existing solution and want to use microworkers to bring it to scale

A Scalable Solution – Local to International Content

• Adaptable and customizable worldwide

• Soccer is popular worldwide

• Baseball is popular is the US

• Cricket is popular in India and Pakistan

• Wrestling is popular in Senegal Local sport

National sport

International Sport