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Where Africa and Technology Collide!Fri, 21 Dec 2018 15:55:40 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24By: Justin Mchome
http://whiteafrican.com/2008/12/01/tanzanian-farmers-and-their-sms-empowered-market-spy/#comment-6615
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:25:23 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1740#comment-6615that is a challenge…. on how are we using our phone to speed up our development and society in general..!
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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:16:26 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1740#comment-6614[…] 2) Small pockets of people doing SMS messaging to inform farmers of fair market prices are helping to improve the income/economic efficiency of their regions: http://whiteafrican.com/2008/12/01/tanzanian-farmers-and-their-sms-empowered-market-spy/ […]
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http://whiteafrican.com/2008/12/01/tanzanian-farmers-and-their-sms-empowered-market-spy/#comment-6613
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:17:24 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1740#comment-6613You can’t get much more low-tech than a spy with a mobile phone. =)
(Well, maybe a spy with a landline?!).
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:23:22 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1740#comment-6612@John Rife – It is an interesting story, and I’m intrigued enough to go looking for more examples of where increased information has helped local communities. I’ll see what else I can dig up.
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:29:15 +0000http://whiteafrican.com/?p=1740#comment-6611Great story. Thanks for sharing it. Stories like this really inspire me to put my passion for technology to good use. I love that simple technologies that we use everyday can make such a big impact on the socioeconomic developments of a whole community.
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