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His work resulted in the launch of the wildlive! mobile portal in December 2003,, which provided images, animal sounds, conservation-themed games, and live news to subscribers.

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Throughout 2003 and 2004, Banks travelled several times to Southern Africa meeting with FFI partners to explore ways in which mobile technology could be applied to conservation and development across the continent, and the developing world. In 2004 he and his colleague Richard Burge published a 67-page report for FFI titled Mobile Phones: An Appropriate Tool for Conservation and Development?

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His work resulted in the launch of the wildlive! mobile portal, in December 2003, <with support from Vodafone UK and The Vodafone Group Foundation. It allowed users to track the progress of various FFI initiatives, access news and enter competitions. Users could also download animal screensavers and animal sounds as ringtones for a small fee, with 100 percent of profits going to FFI.

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In 2004, Banks was approached by Kruger National Park (South Africa) officials asking for a solution to update Bushbuckridge community members on changes and developments in the park using their mobile phones. . After research it turned out that all solutions at the time required Internet access which, back in 2004, was a problem in the area. In early 2005, Banks realized that a simple piece of software could be developed to send and receive multiple text messages (SMS) to and from mobile phones using a laptop with no Internet connection. With an initial investment of 10,000 pounds (just enough to cover the cost of the equipment) Banks started to develop FrontlineSMS in summer 2005 and completed it within 5 weeks. The software was officially launched in October 2005. As the first users began downloading early versions of the software, Banks continued his day job, which was mobile application testing.

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In 2006, he was invited to Stanford University as a Visiting Fellow on the Reuters Digital Vision Program, mentoring and supporting other social entrepreneurs working on technology-driven social change initiatives. In a 2016 interview, Banks said that he lived in a VW camper van parked on the edge of campus for his two years there because funding was scarce.

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In 2016, Banks received the ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science (2016) for his pioneering work with mobile technology and community empowerment.

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He continues working on his projects (Means of Exchange, Donors Charter, Everyday Problems, altruly, Hacking Development and a for my children mobile app), publishes books and participates in National Geographic, PopTech, Ashoka and Unreasonable Institute initiatives acting as an advisor and mentor. In March 2018, Banks was appointed Visiting Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School.

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 * 2016
 * ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science
 * Award
 * Association for Computing Machinery
 * 2018
 * Visiting Fellow in Marketing
 * Fellowship
 * Cambridge Judge Business School (University of Cambridge)
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In March 2018, Banks was appointed Visiting Fellow in Marketing at Cambridge Judge Business School. In April 2018, he closed down kiwanja.net and took on a full-time role as Head of Social Impact at digital identity provider Yoti.