Making a phone call is something that many people take for granted. Yet millions in rural villages around the world simply do not have easy or affordable access to a telephone. The Village Phone co...
Making a phone call is something that many people take for granted. Yet millions in rural villages around the world simply do not have easy or affordable access to a telephone. The Village Phone concept was developed precisely to help extend access to telecommunications beyond the urban areas.
Started by GrameenPhone in Bangladesh -- a client of IFC, IFC is now working with MTN (also an IFC client) and other partners to replicate the Village Phone concept in several African countries, starting with Nigeria.
IFC also collaborated with the Grameen Foundation and other partners to create a Village Phone Replication Manual -- essentially a 'how-to' resource for setting up a Village Phone project.
Beyond providing much needed communication access, the Village Phone model goes a long way to empower the women operators, spur economic activities and promote entrepreneurialism.
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It must be really hard when it rains there. All those dirt roads must get flooded with mud. But of course I don't really know how often it rains or floods there.
whats with showing nigeria as a dump could they not have used more developed areas. At least they represented us speaking like human beings it could have been worse.
The King of Nigeria (God bless his soul) sent me an email last week.He`ll send me 18 millions of big bucks in exchange of aaaaallllllllllll my personnel informations.I`havn`t received my check yet but I`ll probably get it tomorrow.I`LL BE RICH LIKE HELL BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks King of Nigeria!!!Sending some big cash to some total unknowns is the perfect way fixing all problems of ur country!
If she earns 20000naira a day ,why are there so many poor nigerians.A driver at a bank in nigeria earns 15000 naira a MONTH.All these i see is top liesssssss.
Because some nigerians are lazy and because getting loans are not easy. Is this not better than foreign aid that has left africa as a waste ground of the planet. These are the ladies that have suceeded so they are interviewing them. Just like the rest of the world some people suceed and some people dont, its that easy.
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They do not have their own language.
It is a slave of the UK.hahaha
These are the ladies that have suceeded so they are interviewing them. Just like the rest of the world some people suceed and some people dont, its that easy.