Accessibility in emerging markets

Designing for All on the African Continent - A talk to ignite a fire for designers in Africa to think more about designing for people living with disabilities

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1. Designing for All on the African Continent Accessibility in emerging markets PRESENTER TALK By Karabo Ngoatle | Design Director | Nihilent
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3. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 3 Presenter Talk 29 April 2021 Karabo Ngoatle Nihilent Guest speaker Mika O’Donovan Glucode IxDF Pretoria
4. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 4 Lean Coffee 13th May 2021 Mandla Shonhiwa Deloitte IxDF Cape Town Christil Loubser-Hattingh Entelect IxDF Pretoria Jamie Hirst Entelect IxDF Johannesburg Jonathan Kruger Entelect Co-host
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6. A moment of Silence © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 .
7. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 7 A Product Design Legend not just for the emerging market but for the Global Design Community Born 31 December 1990 and went to be with the Lord on 22 March 2021 Read: My Disability influenced my UX Published: Jan 24, 2018 - a four minute read Leonard Ngobeni
8. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 8 Nothing about us without us
9. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 9 If We do not design with accessibility in mind, We might as well not design at all
10. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 1 0 Four Main Accessibility Impairments 1. Vision 2. Hearing 3. Physical and Motor 4. Literacy and Learning
11. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 1 1 Currently there’s over a Billion People on Earth living with Some sort of “Accessibility” Issue
12. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 1 2 The Global South Most people living with disabilities and majority of the accessibility issues we take for granted, live in the global South
13. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 1 3 A sad Fact, there are about 600 Million Africans without Electricity
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15. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 1 5 A Whopping ZAR 183 000.00
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21. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 1 Diverse Inclusion
22. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 2 John Amanam
23. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 3 Access to Health
26. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 6 Our Ask for you as a designer
27. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 7 Include People with Disabilities and Accessibility constraints Early in your Ideation + Prototyping Phases
28. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 8 Rethink your Usability Testing Strategy and Assess all the tools you have acquired so that they meet all standards
29. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 2 9 Never allow products to go to market without having signed off accessibility in your Quality and Assurance phase of the Development Hand off
30. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 3 0 A C C E S S I B I L I T Y | G R E AT E F F O R T S You can be of Service
31. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 3 1 Resources • Employment -Code of good Practice - South Africa • Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 - South Africa Please do share with as many people you come across • Inclusive Design Toolkit Manual By Microsoft • Human Interface Guidelines By Apple • Test your app’s accessibility - Android • Accessibility Scanner - Android • Build more accessible apps • The 2021 WebAIM Million Report
32. © H A N D C R A F T E D F O R Y O U W I T H L O V E - © 2 0 2 1 . 3 2 Hello 👋 there reader / Viewer I would like to personally thank all of you for attending the session and also for reading through these slides