The World Bank - Village Phone Nigeria

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.

http://www.worldbank.org/connectingafrica

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[richardolatunde]

this is for sixstringpsyco:

if the Nigerian economy wasn't automatically blocked by all those foreign companies who suck all the money out of Nigeria and indeed all of Africa; Oil, Cocoa...the list goes on...then corruption would clearly be much less, because Africans would own their own continent, which would obviously emerge as the Superpower it truly is......so then, you wouldn't get your scammer emails...ok?

[zweeterion]

I donot have an ounce of trust for the World Bank and IMF.They are two imperialist tools the developing world must avoid.They are only interested on how to make the world dependent on the west.

[itastetherainbow123]

I love how to women get the phones :3

[CadeBianca]

do people steal the phones? or destroy the booth. like men could knock that lady np

[abohwoa]

What

[Wishlist2day]

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.

[IloveSEANTAYLOR]

i am proud of these ladies

[sguardian870]

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.

[sguardian870]

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.

[noo2islam]

And what`s the priority of Nigeria?Having a cellphone:DWe got some winners