This report aims to highlight opportunities for achieving core development objectives, by bridging the gap between demand and supply of ICT services to meet the information and communication needs of rural and underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It details the ways in which a combination of innovative technologies and creative business and financing models can create information and communication services that address the needs of the world's poorest communities. It includes five case studies of creative and entrepreneurial small businesses focused on healthcare, mobile banking and market price information services that have found ways to meet the strong demand for affordable added value information and communication services.
More: http://www.infodev.org/content/highlights/detail/2961
|
