The new age of radio: How ICTs are changing rural radio in Africa
By Bartholomew Sullivan. Low cost, modern information and communication technologies (ICTs), including mobile phones, multifunction MP3 recorders, and interactive voice response (IVR) can dramatically...
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How mobile is transforming small-holder farmers’ business models in Sri Lanka
Dambullah farmers’ market in central Sri Lanka is one of the busiest in the country, acting as a supply hub for various smaller satellite markets and those in the capital, Colombo, over 120km away....
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View ArticleCGAP Call for Proposals for Applied Product Innovation Work
Are you a branchless banking provider interested in better understanding your low-income customers and developing innovative financial products that truly meet their needs? If so, you might be...
View ArticleTelefónica sign the Humanitarian Connectivity Charter
In recognition of the role that the mobile industry plays in humanitarian crises, in March 2015 the GSMA launched the Humanitarian Connectivity Charter. The Charter is formed by a set of principles...
View ArticlePEG Ghana: Licensing Solar-as-a-Service in a new market
PEG Ghana received a grant from the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund in December 2013 to replicate two different Solar-as-a-Service business models and technologies from Tanzania to Ghana: solar home...
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Lessons learned from our grantees: PEG Ghana
Case Study 5: PEG Ghana – Licensing Solar-as-a-Service in a New Market In 2013, we launched the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund (formerly MECS) to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase...
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Creating impact for smallholder farmers through mobile technology in East Africa
This is a guest blog post written by Herbert Thuo from Virtual City. Virtual City is a solutions provider, specialising in the development and deployment of mobile based retail and financial solutions...
View ArticleDigitalisation and mobile sector taxation in Europe. The experience in Hungary
Hungary is lagging behind the rest of the EU in the development of the digital economy and society. It has the lowest mobile penetration levels among members and only 26% of Hungarians have access to...
View ArticleImproving energy management in Brazil: Eletrobras partners with Telefonica Vivo
This report introduces the benefits of partnerships between a Mobile Network Operator and a utility looking at the case of Telefonica Vivo and the Brazilian electricity utility Eletrobras to reduce the...
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Eletrobras partners with Telefonica Vivo to improve energy management in Brazil
Tackling Brazil’s energy challenge through smart metering Brazil is a champion when it comes to electrification in the region, with almost 99% grid coverage across urban and rural areas. The specific...
View ArticleMozambique Network Sharing
In November 2015, the government of Mozambique passed the first reading of a new bill to amend telecoms legislation to oblige operators to share their infrastructure. The bill is designed to promote...
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Building partnerships between mobile networks & aid providers during crises:...
This blog is guest authored by Jacob Korenblum, CEO of SoukTel and contributor to the ‘Partnership Guidelines: Building effective relationships between MNOs and NGOs in complex environments and...
View ArticleAre Universal Service Funds an effective way to achieve universal access?
Despite mobile network operators’ astonishing success in extending connectivity to billions of people, there are still many who remain digitally excluded. Only 43.3% of the world’s population has...
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Our three takeaways from Afrobytes
On June 9-10, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator team had the chance to participate in the Afrobytes event which gathered start-ups, tech hubs, corporations and investors from the African tech ecosystem in...
View ArticleDevelopment Workshop Angola: Missed Calls for Monitoring Community Water...
Development Workshop Angola and their technology partner SeeSaw received a Seed grant from the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund in January 2014 to test two mobile tools to drive maintenance and...
View ArticleGSMA launches the Mobile Connectivity Index
The GSMA Connected Society Programme has launched an important new online tool that measures the strength of the enabling environment for connecting offline populations to the mobile internet in over...
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Lessons learned from our grantees: PEG Ghana
Case Study 5: PEG Ghana – Licensing Solar-as-a-Service in a New Market In 2013, we launched the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund (formerly MECS) to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase...
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