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Mobile Money Afghanistan

From the Afghanistan Mobile Money research: &#187 Download Main Report: Mobile Money Afghanistan 2MB PDF &#187 Download Presentation: the Mobile Frontier 17MB Powerpoint &#187 Download 170 Free Photos/JPGs …
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The Economics of Kiosks

07 Sep 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Kabul
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Surprised to see a satellite phone used as a kiosk – for the customer cost per minute is 10 Afs (0.16 Euro Cents), leaving a …
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Human, Mobile ATM

It might not look like it but the gent in blue jeans (above) is a human ATM, an agent that is sufficiently (but not overly) …
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Object Universals

07 May 2010
In: Cultural Norms, Xuhui
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Apartment hunting in any culture is a day-by-the-seaside for any amateur anthropologist: with glimpses of lives in progress, empty shells pitched as life-style choices; and …
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Lubing the Edges of the Internet

19 Feb 2009
In: Delhi, Future Perfect
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Discussions around the recent GSM Association announcement of a universal Micro-USB phone charger are missing half of the point. There are obvious stakeholders affected by this …
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Grounded

06 Nov 2008
In: New York, Today's Office
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24 hours in the bruised apple give or take. The next 14 hours on a plane to catch up with emails and sleep and personal …
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Cairo Phone Kiosks

21 Aug 2007
In: Cairo, Cultural Norms
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And keeping with yesterday’s theme – a phone kiosk service using the Nokia 51xx phone – 0.50 Egypt Pounds (0.07 Euro) per minute. Typically the …
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