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Articles tagged with: Farmers and Africa
Nokia Launches Ovi Life Tools Rural Information Service in Nigeria
Nokia has announced that Ovi Life Tools, its information service, is now available in Nigeria. The African launch follows hot on the heels of launches over the last year in Indonesia, India and China. Today, Ovi Life Tools has over 6.3 million users globally, and the introduction of this service in Africa further extends Nokia's reach in emerging markets. more
Related Tags: ovi-life-tools, nokia, students, connect, Nigeria
Africa cell phone boom beneficial - but schools, roads, power, water remain critical
..; fisherman are able to sell their catch every day and reduce spoilage and waste by locating customers; health workers remind AIDS patients to take their daily medicine; day laborers find job opportunities; Africans have an affordable way to ea more
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Invest in High Speed Internet, Says Scholar to African Leaders
..of information will enable farmers to determine precisely when to plant their crops," he said. He also said the availability of information will enable health care providers to use portable diagnostic tools linked to mobile phones to bring more
Related Tags: , union, school, health, renewable-energy, solar
Mobile Phone Use Soars in Africa
..an use the mobile phones to obtain information about market developments, farmers can get information about weather forecasts and increasingly we see new mobile services emerging such as banking transactions and new ways of transmitting remitta more
Related Tags: , broadband, united-nations, fiber-optic, europe, mesh
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