Mobile usage at the base of the pyramid : research findings from Kenya and South Africa (English)

While the growth of mobile communications in developing countries has been phenomenal, using mobile phones and applications to meet human and economic development goals is not widespread, for they have not proven acceptable or desirable to the locality into which they are introduced. Therefore, it is deduced that technical know-how and entrepreneurial acumen must be complemented by sociocultural understanding. InfoDev's Mobile Use at the Base of the...

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Donovan,Kevin;
Document Date
2013/05/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
84012
Volume No
1
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1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/01/17
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Mobile usage at the base of the pyramid : research findings from Kenya and South Africa
Keywords
Base of the Pyramid

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Donovan,Kevin.

Mobile usage at the base of the pyramid : research findings from Kenya and South Africa (English). InfoDev Washington DC ; World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/118831468009577379

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