How Accessibility in Mobile Devices has Changed Lives
summary
GSMA data shows 557 million connections in 2015 (about 46% of Africa) rising toward 725 million and mobile contributes close to 6% of Africa’s GDP now and 7.6% by 2020. Mobile money via M-PESA (over 20 million users) shifts payments away from banks and claims higher transaction volume than Western Union within Kenya. Concrete services include Mtrac reporting health-stock shortages, ARK HIV reminders in Mozambique, Sokoni/SMS64 price feeds, Icow dairy tracking and EduTrac school metrics. Major limits are network coverage, affordability, taxes and low digital skills.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:28Who am I
- 1:04Facts
- 2:58Money Banking
- 6:29Agriculture
- 8:19Education
- 9:27Other Benefits
- 11:20Limitations
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