Data from the World Bank show that one quarter of the world’s
population live at or below the poverty line (1.25$ per day). Lack of capital
to start small businesses and to save in order to invest is one of the barrier
preventing the uplifiting of people out out poverty. In the same time, we note
an increase in the use of mobile technology, which becomes a mean to make
monetary transfers, borrow microfinance loans or establish small enterprises.
As part of its Mobile Economy
Project, the Brookings Center’s Center for
Technology Innovation will host a forum to investigate the means with which
mobile devices could help foster entrepreneurship and small business
development and other ways to uplift people out of poverty.
This event will be live webcast. Follow the conversation
at #TechCTI
Wikiprogress Africa Coordinator
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