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  • Connectivity - Community Phones

    Algeria - Orascom

    Provision of shared GSM telecommunication devices that are managed by local entrepreneurs who charge a fee for the service.

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  • Green Power for Mobile - Feasibility study

    Burundi - Econet

    The Green Power for Mobile team were asked to identify the opportunities for installing or re-purposing BTS in Burundi.

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  • Mobile Money for the Unbanked - MMU Grant

    Côte d'Ivoire - MTN

    This MMU project will enable poor farmers linked to RIFAA cooperatives in Côte d'Ivoire to receive payments for their produce via the MTN MobileMoney platform.

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  • Connectivity - Community Internet

    Ghana - Zain

    Helping Ghanaian entrepreneurs to set up internet cafes and booths, extending the reach of internet access

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  • Connectivity - Community Extension

    Kenya - Safaricom

    A connectivity programme designed to reduce the rising levels of human-elephant conflict in the Laikipia District using tagging and early warning systems.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones

    Kenya - Safaricom

    Application of GSM technology to special projects such as extending coverage on Lake Victoria for safety purposes and supporting the management of wildlife and the conservation of the environment.

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  • Connectivity - Community Extension

    Kenya - Zain

    Bringing affordable GSM mobile connectivity to remote rural communities and areas previously unconnected.

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  • Mobile Money for the Unbanked - MMU Grant

    Kenya - Safaricom

    MMU funds were used to field test the provision of G2P food security payments by Oxfam and other international NGOs through M-PESA to 15,000 poor households in informal settlements across Nairobi.

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  • mAgri - mAgri Helpline & VAS - M-Kilimo

    Kenya - Multiple Operators

    In 2009 the GSMA Development Fund set up M-Kilimo, a farmer helpline in Kenya, where farmers can call experts to deal with their agricultural queries, and had the aim of testing and proving the viability of agricultural mobile value added service products (Agri VAS).

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  • Connectivity - Community Internet

    Lesotho - Vodadcin

    The use of enhanced GSM networks to bring Internet access to computers in fixed booths run by local entrepreneurs.

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  • Energy - Biofuels for BTS power

    Nigeria - MTN Nigeria

    GSM network expansion in those areas of Nigeria where there is limited or no access to the electricity grid for base station power using biofuel solutions.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones

    Nigeria - MTN Nigeria

    Provision of shared GSM telecommunication devices that are managed by local entrepreneurs who charge a fee for the service.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones & Internet

    Rwanda - MTN Rwanda

    Transforming the GSM connectivity of one of the Millennium Villages in Rwanda by connecting it to the network.

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  • Services - Phones for Health

    Rwanda - MTN Rwanda

    Phones for Health will allow health workers in the field to use a standard handset equipped with a downloadable application to enter health data. The data is mapped, analysed and immediately available to health authorities at multiple levels via the web.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones

    South Africa - MTN South Africa

    Provision of shared GSM telecommunication devices that are managed by local entrepreneurs who charge a fee for the service.

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  • Connectivity - Community Extension

    Tanzania - Zain

    Bringing affordable GSM mobile connectivity to remote rural communities and areas previously unconnected.

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  • Green Power for Mobile - Feasibility study

    Tanzania - Zantel

    The Green Power for Mobile team were asked to identify the opportunities for installing or re-purposing BTS in Tanzania.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones

    Tanzania - Vodacom Tanzania

    Provision of internet cafes in partnership with Vodacom using 3G HSPA technology that are managed by local entrepreneurs who charge a fee for the service.

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  • Green Power for Mobile - Feasibility study

    Uganda - MTN

    The Green Power for Mobile team were asked to identify the opportunities for installing or re-purposing BTS in Uganda.

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  • Connectivity - Community Phones & Internet

    Uganda - MTN Uganda

    Uganda connectivity project whereby a refugee camp was provided with voice and data services to reconnect them to the outside world.

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  • Connectivity - Community Extension

    Uganda - Zain

    Bringing affordable GSM mobile connectivity to remote rural communities and areas previously unconnected.

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  • Mobile Money for the Unbanked - MMU Grant

    Uganda - MTN

    This MMU grant helped to grow the user base of MTN MobileMoney using customer acquisition agents. This project has been especially useful source of learnings for GSMA's profitability toolkit and handbook on customer activation.

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  • Green Power for Mobile - Feasibility study

    Zimbabwe - Econet

    The Green Power for Mobile team were asked to identify the opportunities for installing or re-purposing BTS in Zimbabwe.

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