Hi there, Mobile phones are great asset to many people. They have changed their way of life and doing business, for example. Before the advent of the mobile phone, one would have to physically move from one place to another if one wanted to see someone. There would be no way of knowing in advance whether the person one intends to see is available or not. This sometimes resulted in wasting of time and money. Not any longer! A call on the mobile now is just enough to transact some business, or to convey any message, thus obviating the need to physically move about just to convey a message, let alone the inconvenience resulting from the process of moving.

Dear Helene, Many thanks for links. I have checked them out and are certainly worth following up. Cheers

Hallo Hellene, Thanks for the reply. We surely have more to discuss on this interesting topic, and I am looking forward to it.

Hi Sameera, Thanks for the encouraging words. I am sure we will have much more to discuss about this issue. Cheers!

Hello, I teach at one of our public universities in Uganda, but I am also an active livestock farmer and a vet. In my home village and environs, the subsistence farmers have used the mobile telephone mainly to call in the vet in case of an emergency, including requests for Artificial Breeding (AI) services if available, and for routine veterinary visits. This has made provision of veterinary services much more efficient than before the mobile phone came on stage (before the mobile phone era, the farmer would have to physically reach the vet's office/home to report a case, or request for any other service, a process resulting in delay of getting the necessary services!!). By calling the vet while he is in the field, for example, allows the vet to make immediate changes in his previous programme, by attending to a new case in the same village as the one he had planned to visit before the call, thus preventing the vet from making a trip to the same area two times (or more), thus saving resources (in terms of fuel, for example), and the sick animal getting quick attention, among other advantages. In addition, some times it possible to provide professional advice to the farmer via the mobile phone, hence saving a lot of time and probably resources.