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The Math Is Starting to Add Up: The Promise of Mobile

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At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available. Voice remains the killer app.

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

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And as web-enabled mobile devices gain popularity, actual computers may become less and less important to the information economy, but monthly fees won't. Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. Tags: digital divide Newsletter NPTech NTEN.

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