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His work resulted in the launch of the wildlive! mobile portal in December 2003, ,<ref name="kmobile">{{cite web |url= http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2010/12/reflections-on-eight-years-in-mobile/ |title= Reflections on eight years in mobile |author = Ken Banks |date=2010-12-13 |publisher= kiwanja.net |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170826164412/http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2010/12/reflections-on-eight-years-in-mobile/ |archivedate = 2017-08-26 |accessdate=2017-12-03}}</ref> which provided images, animal sounds, conservation-themed games, and live news to subscribers.<ref name="ng2010">{{cite web |url= https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2010/09/29/ken_banks_frontline_messaging/ |title= Solving eco challenges with grassroots messaging |author = David Maxwell Braun |date=2010-09-29 |publisher= [[National Geographic Society]] |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203173216/https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2010/09/29/ken_banks_frontline_messaging/ |archivedate = 2017-12-03 |accessdate=2017-12-03}}</ref>
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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.<ref name="kmobile" /> 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|Vodafone Group Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/09/fauna-and-flora-international-raise-33000-webwap-site/ | title=Fauna and Flora International raise £33,000 from Web/WAP site | date=June 9, 2004 | last=Lake | first=Howard | publisher=fundraising.co.uk | access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref> It allowed users to track the progress of various FFI initiatives, access news and enter competitions. Users could also download animal [[screensaver]]s and animal sounds as [[ringtone]]s for a small fee, with 100 percent of profits going to FFI.<ref>{{cite book| url= http://www.globalproblems-globalsolutions-files.org/unf_website/PDF/wireless_tech_social_change_trends_in_mobile%20use.pdf | chapter=Case Study 11: Protecting Wildlife and Human Wellbeing (Kenya) | page=58 | title=Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in Mobile Use by NGOs | first1=Sheila | last1=Kinkade | first2=Katrin | last2=Verclas | publisher=[[United Nations Foundation]], Vodafone Group Foundation | year=2008 | access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="ng2010">{{cite web |url= https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2010/09/29/ken_banks_frontline_messaging/ |title= Solving eco challenges with grassroots messaging |author = David Maxwell Braun |date=2010-09-29 |publisher= [[National Geographic Society]] |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203173216/https://voices.nationalgeographic.org/2010/09/29/ken_banks_frontline_messaging/ |archivedate = 2017-12-03 |accessdate=2017-12-03}}</ref>
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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 phone]]s..<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2012/06/20/how-ken-banks-built-a-startup-one-text-message-at-a-time/ | title=How Ken Banks Built a Startup One Text Message at a Time | first=April | last=Burbank | date=June 20, 2012 | publisher=[[Forbes]] | access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/207985-keeping-it-simple-the-next-technology-revolution | title=Keeping it simple: The next technology revolution | first=Nicola | last=Davies | date=June 12, 2015 | publisher=[[ExtremeTech]] | access-date=January 28, 2019}}</ref> After research it turned out that all solutions at the time required [[Internet]] access which, back in 2004, was a problem in the area.<ref name="ng2010" /> 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.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.appinventor.org/bookChapters/chapter11.pdf | chapter=11: Broadcast Hub | first1=David | last1=Wolber | first2=Hal | last2=Abelson | first3=Liz | last3=Looney | first4=Ellen | last4=Spertus | title=App Inventor 2 | edition=2nd | publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] | year=2014 | isbn=9781491906842 | page= 186}}}}</ref> 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.<ref name="bits">{{cite book |editor-last=Livingston |editor-first=Steven | year=2014 | chapter=FrontlineSMS:Grassroots M4D Innovation and the Challenges of Success | title= Bits and Atoms: Information and Communication Technology in Areas of Limited Statehood | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kMgVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | pages=84–85 | isbn=978-0-19-994159-9 | access-date=February 2, 2019 | via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="ng2010" />The software was officially launched in October 2005.{{sfn|Banks|2016|p=8}} 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]],<ref name="reuters">{{cite magazine | last = | first = | date = 2007 | title = Making the message count | url = http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/pdfs/falmer_archive/summer07.pdf | magazine = Falmer |issue = 46 |page = 17 | publisher = [[University of Sussex]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171207133725/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/alumni/pdfs/falmer_archive/summer07.pdf | archive-date= 2017-12-07 | access-date =2017-12-07 }}</ref> mentoring and supporting other social entrepreneurs working on technology-driven social change initiatives. In a 2016 interview, Banks said that he lived in a [[Volkswagen|VW]] [[Campervan|camper van]] parked on the edge of campus for his two years there because funding was scarce.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.koganpage.com/article/interview-with-ken-banks-author-of-social-entrepreneurship-and-innovation | title=Interview with Ken Banks, author of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation | date=March 3, 2016 | publisher=[[Kogan Page]] | access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>
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In 2016, Banks received the [[ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award|ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science]] (2016) for his pioneering work with mobile technology and community empowerment.<ref name="eu" />
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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),<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.kiwanja.net/projects/sideprojects/ |title= Side Projects |publisher= kiwanja.net |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171210181051/http://www.kiwanja.net/projects/sideprojects/ |archivedate=2017-12-10 |accessdate=2017-12-10}}</ref> publishes books and participates in National Geographic, PopTech, Ashoka and Unreasonable Institute<ref>{{cite web |url= http://unreasonableatsea.com/our_mentors/ |title= Mentors |publisher= unreasonableatsea.com |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20171210181344/http://unreasonableatsea.com/our_mentors/ |archivedate=2017-12-10 |accessdate=2017-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://unreasonable.is/author/kenbanks/ |title= Author - Ken Banks |publisher=unreasonable.is |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212181317/https://unreasonable.is/author/kenbanks/ |archivedate=2017-12-12 |accessdate=2017-12-12}}</ref> initiatives acting as an advisor and mentor. In March 2018, Banks was appointed Visiting Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School.<ref name=cambridge>{{cite web|url=https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2018/identity-matters/|title=Brain food|author=Ken Banks|date=2018-10-22|publisher=Cambridge Judge Business School|quote=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022194112/https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2018/identity-matters/|archivedate=2018-10-22|accessdate=2018-10-22}}</ref>
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|- | 2016 | [[ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award|ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science]]<ref name="eu" /> | Award | [[Association for Computing Machinery]] |- | 2018 | [[Visiting scholar|Visiting Fellow]] in Marketing<ref name=cambridge /> | Fellowship | [[Cambridge Judge Business School]] ([[University of Cambridge]]) |}
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In March 2018, Banks was appointed [[Visiting scholar|Visiting Fellow]] in Marketing at [[Cambridge Judge Business School]].<ref name=cambridge>{{cite web | url=https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2018/identity-matters/ | title=Brain food | author=Ken Banks | date=October 22, 2018 | publisher=[[Cambridge Judge Business School]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022194112/https://insight.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2018/identity-matters/ | archive-date=October 22, 2018 | access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kiwanja.net/blog/2018/04/losing-my-religion/ | title=Losing My Religion | first=Ken | last=Banks | date=April 13, 2018 | website=kiwanja.net | access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>