Posts on the Topic "mobiles"
GSMA Mobile Economy Africa 2016 Report
14/02/2017
Rural mobile connectivity is still poor in Africa, according to the GSMA Mobile Economy Africa 2016 Report. Mobile connectivity can help smallholders get access to relevant market information and financial services, which are essential for their development. Affordability is another key issue, as...
Bringing Coconut Farmers into the 21st Century through Mobile Agriculture
13/02/2017
Can technology help family famers in the developing world? The story of Coconut farmers in the Philippines does offer answers to this question. Philippines has more than 3.5 million coconut farmers and most of them are communal farmers. Most abject poverty in the world is concentrated in farming...
A WhatsApp like app for the tech-savvy farmer
04/02/2017
KrishiSuchak is a WhatsApp-like app developed by Bangalore-based startup Nubesol Technologies to permit smallholders to message agricultural scientist to ask them for advice on their yields, thus eliminating spatial barriers between extension services. Farmers can send their queries either as text...27/ 02
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Mobile World Congress
Barcelona, Spain 27/02/2017
From 27 February till 2 March 2017 - the 2017 World Mobile Congress will take place in Barcelona, Spain. Mobile World Congress is the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, organised by the GSMA and held in the Mobile World Capital Barcelona.
Mobile marketplace digitises East Africa’s agriculture
31/01/2017
THOUSANDS of smallholder farmers in the region are set to benefit from a digital platform connecting them to agents, buyers and banks in East Africa. Launched by Mastercard, 2KUZE, as the platform is known, is the latest offering in the region hailed as the cradle of African technology innovation...
Connected Agriculture : The role of mobile in driving efficiency and sustainability in agriculture
30/01/2017
Mobile has the most potential to improve the income of smallholder farmers in developing countries in Africa, India and the Middle East. The up take of mobile technology (and m obile penetration rate) for agricultural and rural development in the Global South has been on the increase. Connected...