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Articles tagged with: Grameen Foundation
Expanding Mobile Phone Information Service for Rural Famers
The Grameen Foundation is to expand its Community Knowledge Worker (CKW) initiative in Uganda, supported by a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative is building a self-sustaining, scalable network of rural information providers who use cell phones to help close critical information gaps facing poor, smallholder farmers. They will strengthen the information link to poor farmers by disseminating and collecting relevant information in these underserved communities. more
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Grameen Foundation Launches Mobile Services Tailored to the Ugandan Poor
The Grameen Foundation has announced the launch of a suite of mobile phone applications developed with Google and MTN Uganda that deliver services and information that were previously unavailable to Uganda's poor and disadvantaged communities. more
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New Publication to Help Boost Telecoms Access for Poor Communities
Despite the ongoing mobile phone explosion across the developing world, millions of people in poor, rural communities continue to be left behind. To help expedite the provision of affordable telecommunications access and business opportunities in these communities, Grameen Foundation and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have launched the Village Phone Direct Manual to guide microfinance institutions and other organizations in developing microfranchise Village Phone operations. more
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Grameen Foundation Makes it Easier to set up Village Phones
The Grameen Foundation has announced a new online assistance center to help microfinance institutions (MFIs) bring the benefits of telecommunications to poor communities around the world. The Village Phone Direct Assistance Center, was launched in Nairobi, Kenya during the International Telecommunications Union's "Public & Private Sectors Partnership Forum" (PPPF-Africa 2007) conference. It features a how-to manual, a message board, customizable templates and other information that will help MFIs work independently with local telecommunications providers to develop Village Phone Direct programs for their clients. more
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Nokia, Grameen Foundation In Mobile Phone Financing Pact"
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Finland's Nokia and U.S. Grameen Foundation said Tuesday they will collaborate to bring affordable, accessible telecommunications to rural villages in Africa through microfinance. more
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Two Thousand Rural GSM Payphones in Uganda
MTN Uganda has announced the provision of its 2000th villagePhone operator. MTN villagePhone extends telecommunications access to rural villages across Uganda in partnership with microfinance institutions by creating opportunities for individuals living in impoverished rural areas to become "Village Phone Operators". Village Phone Operators take a "micro-loan" for the equipment for as little as US$230 to be repaid over a period of up to 12 months. more
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Mobile phones for Uganda's poor
MTN Uganda says that it has embarked on a substantial project to improve access to communications services and thus reduce poverty and improve socio-economic conditions in rural Uganda. Based on the successful Grameen Village Phone Programme in Bangladesh, MTN Uganda officially launched "MTN villagePhone" this week - a joint venture between MTN Uganda and Grameen Foundation USA. more
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