Jon Gosier at
Appfrica on the disruptive potential of
mobile money, shades of the
Cathedral and the Bazaar:
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| Photo courtesy of WhiteAfrican |
The comparison to mobile is that for most of the world, the mobile phone is even more of a disruptor than the Internet and the personal computing revolution. Mobile infrastructure, in general reaches more people of varying classes (the poorest to the richest) around the globe than the internet. So if mobile is the great disruptor, then what exactly is being disrupted? I don’t think mobile alone is disrupting governments or news agencies, at least not as much as technologies in use on the Internet. Instead, I think the one institution that’s being totally unsettled by the proliferation of the mobile phone is none other than…the Bank.
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Mobile phones in africa are not only disruptive, but are really changing the way we view money, how education will be delivered in africa in the next few years and even how healthcare will be delivered as the internet merges with mobile phones. Africa's one billion customer market (http://www.emergingbillion.com) represent a huge opportunity for smart businesses today.
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