Comments on: A Whirl Through the Liberian Tech Community

By: Mkhana

Mkhana — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:39:37 +0000

I am new to Liberia. I am stuck with an interesting problem that nobody seems able to fix. I have a Blackberry Pearl (Unlocked; used in KE, Safaricom, UK, Vodafone, Belgium, MobiStar) that is on LoneStar BUT I cannot get any calls or texts from the U.S or from Kenya. LoneStar are not helpful…since it is NOT a Nokia…Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!

By: El Oso » Archive » Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Liberia (And More)

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:38:12 +0000

[...] also met with the CEO of one of the largest mobile phone operators in the country, Cellcom, and introduced his readers to John Etherton, a student at Georgia Tech who has been here [...]

By: ict4d (ICT4D)

ict4d (ICT4D) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:23:48 +0000

RT @stevesong: Great summary! – MPESA (carrier monopoly, bank agnostic) vs Wizzit (carrier agnostic, bank monopoly) – http://is.gd/lGbm

By: stevesong (Steve Song)

stevesong (Steve Song) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:37:34 +0000

Great summary! – MPESA approach (carrier monopoly, bank agnostic) vs Wizzit (carrier agnostic, bank monopoly) – http://is.gd/lGbm

By: pauloCanning (Paul Canning)

pauloCanning (Paul Canning) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:22:54 +0000

RT Liberia has a Tech Community http://tinyurl.com/c8sz7p

By: whiteafrican (Erik Hersman)

whiteafrican (Erik Hersman) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:10:49 +0000

Some thoughts on a day spent with various elements of the Liberian tech community: http://is.gd/lGbm

By: Ssembonge

Ssembonge — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:44:24 +0000

If you are a new entrant trying to break into a mobile phone monopoly market that has no number portability, then dual sim cards is the way to go.

This is what Orange is doing in Kenya. New customers get to sign up with Orange and use their service while at the same time they can be reached on their old Safaricom numbers.

They are not blatantly announcing their strategy because they are marketing their phones as having the ability to receive calls from 2 callers.

By: Patrick Meier

Patrick Meier — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:35:44 +0000

Excellent, great to know you met up with John. He was super informative when i spoke with him last month. Thanks for these blog updates!

By: jke

jke — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:22:44 +0000

Anything that generates traffic should be considered business, I think. The above mentioned prototype reminds me of some iPhone clones from China (which often come with two SIM card holders).

@John: Cool!