Mobile Money

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Comment by Sharon Langevin on September 18, 2012 at 4:46am

Hi Marsha,

Thanks for posting. I've filled in the survey - good luck with your research!

Best,

Sharon

Project Director

FrontlineSMS:Credit

Comment by Marsha Castello on September 13, 2012 at 8:37pm

Hello All,

I work for The Department for International Development (DFID) and I am also  a postgraduate student at Birkbeck, University of London, where I am completing a MSc. in International Business and Development.  I am currently writing my dissertation on the socio-economic impact of mobile phones on smallholder farmers.

I am seeking to discover how mobile technology such as SMS, helplines, information services and the Internet have made a difference in the following areas: 

- Increasing access to financial services (mobile banking)

- Supplying agricultural information

- Increasing data visibility for supply chain efficiency

- Improving access to markets

To this end I have completed the following survey which I would like to invite you to complete by 19 Sept and share as widely as possible:

-Survey for providers of mobile services in agriculture: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NHMZTT5

-Survey for users of mobile services in Agriculture in developing countries: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NXFXMYJ

 

I would be very grateful for your response,

Best regards

Marsha

Comment by Jane Ginn on February 2, 2012 at 11:34am

Thanks Sharon, I will.  BTW, I'm currently doing research on the global mobile banking sector.  You can see an outline of my research agenda here:http://sedonacyberlink.com/?p=2745   

Comment by Sharon Langevin on February 2, 2012 at 4:38am

Hi Jane,

Thanks so much for your offer to help! The initial beta will be tested in Kenya only, but it would be great to have your input when we release outside of Kenya. To stay up to date with news on our upcoming release you can join our newsletter via our website: http://credit.frontlinesms.com/.

Best,

Sharon

Comment by Jane Ginn on January 30, 2012 at 3:56pm

I went to your FrontlineSMS Credit website and see that you will soon have a beta version out.  I'll be happy to help you test that software once you have it ready for beta testing.  I'm working on the Android platform.  

Comment by Florence Scialom on January 30, 2012 at 6:46am

Hi Jane,

This looks like it could be a really valuable initiative, which I hadn't seen before; thanks so much for sharing the link here on the FrontlineSMS community! Could also be very much of interest to members of the Gender group here on the forum, too, so feel free to post in the Gender group too if you'd like to.

Thanks again for sharing.

Best

Florence

Comment by Jane Ginn on January 28, 2012 at 11:45am

ITU Initiative  Have you all seen the information on this new initiative from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)?  

Comment by Darlington Kahilu on January 27, 2012 at 2:51am

Hello everyone, happy 2012. Let us do all we can to help the rural poor use the locally available resources to uplift their livelihoods.

Comment by Florence Scialom on November 10, 2011 at 12:53pm

Very good point, Carlos! In relation to mobile money, people in this group may be very interested to check out FrontlineSMS:Credit, which is a sector-specific FrontlineSMS  project aiming to make the platform useful for organisations seeking to manage mobile transactions. You can find out more here: http://credit.frontlinesms.com/

 

We certainly do hope to encourage more discussion in each sector specific group  here on the forum. If you would like to start a discussion in this group about your own experiences with FrontlineSMS and economic development please do feel free! Thanks very much for your interest.

 

Comment by Carlos Anaya on November 10, 2011 at 12:38pm

No new comments in the economic development group, the last was a year ago, I wonder why?

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