S-Leone: Phone increases farmers' income


  1. Olivier Nyirubugara, AfricaNews, Amsterdam
    [MOBILE VIDEO] Sierra Leonean farmers and other rural categories have been enjoying the benefits of mibile phones as they can now harmonize their prices countrywide.
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    Mohammed Conteh, one of the workers of the We Car Development Foundation, says that the organisation is helping rural populations increase their incomes by establishing an efficient and real time communication system throughout the country.


    AfricaNews interviewed Mohammed Conteh in the margin of the fifth edition of  Fill the Gap conference held in Amsterdam on 11 January 2008


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    Keywords: sierra_leone telecom development society




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