BitDrifter

Real Name:	n/a
Location:	California
Joined:	5-25-2006

148 Followers | 152 Guides

Make BitDrifter a Guide:

About me I am an independent minded, conservative leaning, nationalist, programmer.
Why I use Clipmarks I use Clipmarks because I can save only what I want from a source, and then I have a chance to discuss what I clip with the clipverse or discuss with others their clips.

top

scroll

end

15
POPS In Africa- The cellphone is the single most transformative technology for development"

by balthazarus 1-5-2009

"Democratic Republic of Congo, with a population of 60 million, there are just 10,000 fixed-line telephones, but more than one million mobile subscribers. In Chad, the fifth-least-developed country in Africa, usage jumped from 10,000 to 200,000 in three years. At the end of 2007 there were more than 280 million mobile phone subscribers in Africa, representing a penetration rate of 30.4%." "now they can call around and know what the prices are. They can call their relatives in town, for example, and ask how much is a bunch of bananas, so they get an idea of what the price is for their produce"

8
POPS Ocean Shows Up In The Middle of Africa