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| Why the poor need technologyAccess to information and communications technologies can have a huge impact on all aspects of life, especially in developing countries. Mobile money spinner for womenWomen in Bangladeshi villages are making a successful living by renting out airtime on their mobile phones. Satellite mapping fights corruptionComputer-based maps of Bangladesh are being used to fight against sleaze in a country branded as one of the most corrupt in the world. Wireless web reaches village pupilsA school in Bangladesh is using wireless technology to introduce pupils in the countryside to the internet. Healers marry hi-tech and traditionA Senegalese health centre is using computers to keep traditional knowledge alive. |
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