How do we make community owned information networks work for the poor?

dc.contributor.author	Morris, Chris
dc.date.accessioned	2012-01-23T21:00:02Z
dc.date.available	2012-01-23T21:00:02Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	The paper highlights innovative ways of identifying and implementing pro-poor products and services and how to create business models for the ongoing sustainability of ICTs in low-income communities. A case study from Angola (AngoNet) provides lessons in developing shared cost models in telecentres in the face of exorbitantly high connectivity costs. The challenge faced by such projects is to build enough demand to make such a network financially sustainable. A new business model is emerging that can harness the expanding power of wireless networks and entrepreneurship to create community-owned networks over which a range of pro-poor services can be provided.	en
dc.format	Text	en
dc.format.extent	1 digital file (8 p.)	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48040
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT	en
dc.subject	WIRELESS NETWORKS	en
dc.subject	COMMUNITY-OWNED NETWORKS	en
dc.subject	VOICE-OVER-INTERNET-PROTOCOL (VOIP)	en
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	en
dc.subject	BUSINESS MODELS	en
dc.subject	ENTREPRENEURS	en
dc.subject	WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY	en
dc.title	How do we make community owned information networks work for the poor?	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
idrc.dspace.access	IDRC Only	en
idrc.project.number	104477
idrc.project.title	Wireless Africa	en
idrc.rims.adhocgroup	IDRC SUPPORTED	en

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