Tech Soup

JANUARY 27, 2015

But it's also the second largest mobile phone recycler in France and one of the largest in Europe. ADB also collects and sorts office waste, including ink cartridges and PCs, as well as mobile phones for recycling or reuse in its thrift stores. ADB now collects approximately 180,000 mobile phones per year.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 19, 2016

That may be why technology (for example, rapid mobile phone adoption worldwide) may be so important for realizing the new goals. "The effective utilization of technology — from mobile phones to broadband Internet to sensors — will be a key determinant in how, when, and if the Sustainable Development Goals are achieved.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

At Geekcorps Mali, our approach was: through great engineering feats attempt to somehow lower the costs of access, while hopefully creating sustainable “business models” in the process. Mobile phones have made the uptake of ICT services achievable because they have become incredibly available. Realizing Potential .

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Forum One

APRIL 24, 2009

I recently was able to spend an amazing evening enjoying one of my new fave artists, Habib Koité and his band Bamada , based in Mali. At one point there were no less then 10 video cameras and many more cameras / camera phones being openly held up within 20 feet of the stage and Koité was openly mugging for most of them.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool. Cell phones and wireless technology mean rural areas don't need expensive landlines. " Who could argue with that? The Unforeseen. And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles?

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