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M-PESA and other ICT4D projects are leaving behind the developing world’s poorest people.
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For more on cellphone use around the world, see the Slate/New America Foundation map, "Which Countries Have the Most Mobile Phones?" Entrepreneurs, businesses, NGOs, and governments exalt mobile technology as a game-changing tool to fight global poverty. But what if our eagerness to connect the world is inadvertently exacerbating the...
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Mobile Phones Will Not Save the Poorest of the Poor http://t.co/v1MI5sPJ
Mobile phones help the poor but mobile phone fees are leaving those in extreme poverty behind. http://t.co/ge55ub4S via @Slate
"@ICT_Works: Think M-PESA is the greatest? Think again: 60% of the poorest quartile of Kenyans do not use the service http://t.co/TgQ6DlAZ"
New Slate Op-Ed w/ Jammie Zimmerman, "Mobile Phones Will Not Save the Poorest of the Poor": http://t.co/dWyaNCWa
sigh. i think this slate article with a negative slant on mpesa misses the boat (by an ocean.) #needtofindtimetoblog http://t.co/2yQBu4NW
Are #mobile technologies really the cure for the #poor? Check: http://t.co/QIztgRUh to find out why we need a shift in #ict4d
Slate: M-PESA is driving (not erasing) the wealth gap in Kenya http://t.co/T5l1BnQ9 Thoughts? @Jos_Key @jeffmohammed @tullyme @jlundine
Mobile Phones May Be Hurting the Poorest of the Poor in Developing Countries: http://t.co/SmBKlRNX via @hapeeg
#Mobile #Phones Will Not Save the Poorest of the Poor http://t.co/aVaEKHof By @saschameinrath and Jamie M. Zimmerman via @Slate #ict4d
New ICTs like #mobilebanking are great! But won't reach the extreme #poor - need economic + social assets to benefit - http://t.co/QlRhOkoy
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M-PESA and other ICT4D projects are leaving behind the developing world’s poorest people. - Slate Magazine http://t.co/Jdz9hkoK
"M-Pesa and other ICT4D projects are leaving behind the developing world's poorest people:" http://t.co/4zoyLpCa v/ @misswretched
"M-Pesa and other ICT4D projects are leaving behind the developing world's poorest people:" http://t.co/4zoyLpCa v/ @misswretched
"M-Pesa and other ICT4D projects are leaving behind the developing world’s poorest people:" http://t.co/QuzDrGyJ (via @rombokins)
@rombokins @misswretched Slate article on MPesa misses the boat http://t.co/FBiWu8ZS ..does not reach the poorest of the poor?!
RT @rombokins: I think this Slate article with a negative slant on M-Pesa misses the boat (by an ocean): http://t.co/QuzDrGyJ
RT @rombokins: I think this Slate article with a negative slant on MPesa misses the boat (by an ocean): http://t.co/QuzDrGyJ
RT @rombokins: sigh. i think this slate article with a negative slant on mpesa misses the boat (by an ocean.) http://t.co/SWAOEC1s
sigh. i think this slate article with a negative slant on mpesa misses the boat (by an ocean.) #needtofindtimetoblog http://t.co/2yQBu4NW
"@ICT_Works: Think M-PESA is the greatest? Think again: 60% of the poorest quartile of Kenyans do not use the service http://t.co/KntB2R56"