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Case Study - NIHSS

Case Study

National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences

The South African NIHSS uses Uniflo for doctoral and masters student collaboration and mentorship in all universities throughout South Africa.

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The Problem and the Opportunity

A national exchange of academic mentorship

The National Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences overseas academia throughout South Africa, sponsoring masters and doctral candidates and trusted to answer hard questions about the nation.
The COVID-19 Pandemic exposed the institution's inability to fulfil its mandate in a contactless environment with the groups of academics unable to meet. Traditional doctoral schools needed to evolve to a virtual doctoral school. Enter Uniflo.
The NIHSS has candidates for masters and PhD in all tertiary institutions in South Africa

  • Candidates

    800+

    Estimated

  • Universities

    19

    in 6 Regions

  • Research Themes

    50+

    for Mentorship

  • An annual awards night

  • A national mandate on academic discourse

  • Discussions around books and publications

  • Academic collaboration and mentorship

  • Academic themed groups and sessions

  • Press releases and interviews

The NIHSS Virtual Doctoral School builds cohesion with features that bring doctoral candidates together

  • Groups

    Virtual Doctoral Schools

    The NIHSS app is structured in groups that match the themes and doctoral schools of the NIHSS. Allowing the virtual doctoral school to mimic the NIHSS' real activity.

  • Social Activity Stream

    Posting and Reacting

    Members discuss and interact on group posts taking the topic virtual and fostering discourse. Push notifications keep the group conversation going with every comment.

  • Calls

    Voice and Video Calls

    NIHSS members can call each other with audio and video or meet online and have a group discussion. This gives groups the option of meeting online, offline or both.

  • Messages

    Text with File Sharing

    Collaborators can text each other and share files in the same conversation as direct calls. This includes drive links for working documents and mutlimedia files.

And more...

Web Portal

Added features for NIHSS staff

The NIHSS Virtual Doctoral School has a control panel for NIHSS staff to manage content, rules, user access and policies. In addition staff are able to view connections diagrams that show the cohesion of the doctoral community. This Uniflo analysis was the subject of a masters thesus.
Visual

Connections Mapping

  • Analytics

    Usage, Traffic and Demographic

  • Management

    Events, Policies and Moderation

Just like the NIHSS you can use Uniflo to increase the cohesion in your membership

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Case Study - MK Party App

Case Study

uMkhonto weSizwe Party

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) became the first South African political party with a members' mobile app using Uniflo.

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The Problem and the Opportunity

Unifying and structuring a new national political party

The MK Party's members are an under served informal economy. As a political party it relies on suppliers and their services for collection, communication, collaboration, and information about membership. The MK Party has no single official ideological point of contact.
The MK Party's location based data is inaccurate or unavailable, internal and external political interests can skew any raw data collected and there is no formal database for members or a system that collects membership fees.
Less than 1 in 7 MK Party voters are members and most of the voters use social media apps daily.

  • MK Party Members

    650k

    Estimated

  • Votes

    4.6m

    Cast in the last elections

  • Daily Social Media Users

    26m

    in South Africa on mobiles

  • The MK Party came 3rd in its 1st elections

  • The MK Party celebrated its first year anniversary

  • The MK Party prepares for its first local elections in 2026

The MK Party gave South Africa its 1st political party with an official app through Uniflo

uMkhonto weSizwe Party App

The

A mobile app on Android and IOS for the uMkhonto weSizwe Party that contains a digital membership card, a digital wallet, social functions and collaboration tools. A single touch point for all things MK that members carry with them everywhere.

The MK Party's app builds party cohesion with features that bring the party together

  • Social Activity Stream

    Posting, Commenting and Reacting

    Members interact socially on the MK Party app allowing them to express themselves, mobilize and discuss current affairs.

  • Video Library

    Podcasts, Speeches and Videos

    The MK Party's ideology, organizational history and official speeches are held in a library on the MK Party app. Members watch and comment.

  • Party Arms

    Official MK Party Structures

    Official groups according to MK Party structures coordinate, communicate and collaborate. The MK is able to manage its party through the app.

  • Live Streaming

    Go live for your Followers

    Broadcast directly to members, complete with reactions and gifts. The go live feature gives the MK Party realtime fellowship amongst members.

  • Calls

    Voice, Video Calls and Messaging

    Call or chat with other MK Party members or leaders securley and privately. MK Party app gives the MK Party peace of mind in its communications.

  • Wallet

    MKP Coin and Rand Wallet

    The MK Party app contains a wallet and MKP coin as virtual currency. This gives party members a verified form of exchange for MK merchadise.

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MK Party Administration

Member analytics through Uniflo

The MK Party app comes with a web administration portal that gives the uMkhonto weSizwe Party the ability to manage the app and its members as well measure its performance. Uniflo gives the MK Party monitoring for membership, registration, geo analytics, demographics and party programs. This differentiator is key for the upcoming elections.
4000+ Wards

Data By Party Structure

  • 3 Membership Streams

    USSD, Mobile App and Web Registration

  • Digital Collections

    Web and App Donations and Payments

Just like the uMkhonto weSizwe Party you can use Uniflo to increase the cohesion in your membership

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