Mobile Technology Opening Doors in the Developing World
Still parusing Google, I found another article talking about how mobile technology is helping to open doors in developing countries. And though this article from Christian Today is over a year old, it does bring up some great points both for the use of mobile technology, as well as how it can be successful. Here is a snippet:
As experts gathered for the TED Global conference in Oxford, Iqbal Quadir, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, outlined a brave new method to help the Developing World – he argued the way to aid developing nations is by local technological development, in particular communications technologies rather than the traditional aid packages.
Technology in the developing world is not about closing the digital divide, or promoting the latest gadget but helping them to increase productivity - Iqbal Quadir pointed out – technology is "of the people, by the people and for the people".
As experts gathered for the TED Global conference in Oxford, Iqbal Quadir, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, outlined a brave new method to help the Developing World – he argued the way to aid developing nations is by local technological development, in particular communications technologies rather than the traditional aid packages.
Technology in the developing world is not about closing the digital divide, or promoting the latest gadget but helping them to increase productivity - Iqbal Quadir pointed out – technology is "of the people, by the people and for the people".
posted by Antoine @ 7/13/2006 10:32:00 AM
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