- From: Stephane Boyera <boyera@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:00:21 +0100
- To: "public-mw4d@w3.org" <public-mw4d@w3.org>
I wanted to share with you a very interesting study coming from Centre for Development Informatics (U of Manchester) on mobile usage in Gambia. http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/mobile-phone-use-in-west-africa-gambian-statistics/ I found particularly interesting the rural/urban differences. These data are very important imho, and inline with my own recent experience in senegal, mali, burkina. i want to cite just two that are critical for me: Main problem (of those reporting a problem) urban: Cost (87%) rural: Network availability (98%) Help you to get money/resources? urban: 28% rural: 40% Use SMS texting urban: 69% rural: 4% Steph -- Stephane Boyera stephane@w3.org W3C +33 (0) 5 61 86 13 08 BP 93 fax: +33 (0) 4 92 38 78 22 F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
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