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ONLINE Africa is developing even faster than the new highways of offline Africa. Undersea cables reaching Africa on the Atlantic and Indian Ocean coasts, plus innovative mobile-phone providers, have raised internet speeds and slashed prices. In some African markets you can buy a daily dose of internet on a mobile phone for about the cost of a banana (ie, less than ten American cents). This burgeon
Not just talk
Not just talkClever services on cheap mobile phones make a powerful combination—especially in poor countries COUNTERFEIT drugs can make up around a quarter of all those sold in poor countries, according to some estimates. They provide a lucrative and lethal business, against which most consumers are powerless. “If your anti-malaria pill is made of any old white powder, you may not survive,” says B
Sending the boys home
Sending the boys homeAfrican Union troops in the Somali capital have pushed back Islamist fighters MORTARS thunder and donkeys bray as Major Anthony Lukwago Mbusi, a forward commander with African Union troops in Mogadishu, climbs through holes his men have made in the walls of abandoned houses along the front lines in the embattled Somali capital to avoid sniper fire. He is pointing towards the s
Power to the people
Power to the peopleTechnology and development: A growing number of initiatives are promoting bottom-up ways to deliver energy to the world’s poor AROUND 1.5 billion people, or more than a fifth of the world's population, have no access to electricity, and a billion more have only an unreliable and intermittent supply. Of the people without electricity, 85% live in rural areas or on the fringes of
A well-locked closet
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新興市場における携帯電話の驚異（6）--- 仕上げ - Muranaga's View
The Economist（September 26th, 2009）特集「新興市場におけるテレコム産業」まとめ "Mobile marvels"（原文）→ 「携帯電話の驚異」（日本語要約） "Eureka moments"（原文）→ 「発見の瞬間」（日本語要約） "The mother of invention"（原文）→ 「発明の母」（日本語要約） "Up, up and Huawei"（原文）→ 「上へ上へ、そして遠くへ（Huawei）」（日本語要約） "Beyond voice"（原文）→ 「声を越えて」（日本語要約） "Finishing the job"（原文）→ 「仕上げ」（日本語要約） The Economist（September 26th, 2009）「新興市場におけるテレコム産業」特集のまとめ、第6弾、いよいよ最後である。携帯電話は万人がアクセスできるようになりつつあ
新興市場における携帯電話の驚異（5）--- 声を越えて - Muranaga's View
The Economist（September 26th, 2009）特集「新興市場におけるテレコム産業」まとめ "Mobile marvels"（原文）→ 「携帯電話の驚異」（日本語要約） "Eureka moments"（原文）→ 「発見の瞬間」（日本語要約） "The mother of invention"（原文）→ 「発明の母」（日本語要約） "Up, up and Huawei"（原文）→ 「上へ上へ、そして遠くへ（Huawei）」（日本語要約） "Beyond voice"（原文）→ 「声を越えて」（日本語要約） "Finishing the job"（原文）→ 「仕上げ」（日本語要約） The Economist（September 26th, 2009）「新興市場におけるテレコム産業」特集のまとめ、第5弾である。通話以外の携帯電話の使い方として、モバイル・マネー、モバイル
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