http://www.apc.org/en/news/%252F22%2C30 News listing en http://www.apc.org/en/news/lowcost/africa/apcs-wougnet-soars-high-use-sms-share-information <div class="abstract">(WOUGNET) - <p><span class="caps">WOUGNET</span> has explored the use of <span class="caps">SMS</span> in information sharing and carrying out <span class="caps">SMS</span> campaigns around different themes. In a test of Mobile Advocacy Tools a campaign on <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICTs</acronym></a> and poverty reduction, was successfully carried out in April/May 2008 and proves that <span class="caps">SMS</span> is a powerful tool of information sharing. <span class="caps">WOUGNET</span> members, partners and interested persons discussed questions sent out by the secretariat on the theme, ‘ICTs: Is your wealth a click away?</p> </div> http://www.apc.org/en/news/lowcost/africa/apcs-wougnet-soars-high-use-sms-share-information#comments Low-cost technology Africa Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:34:15 -0300 frederic 6399 at http://www.apc.org http://www.apc.org/en/news/lowcost/africa/kenya-sets-world-first-money-transfers-mobile <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">NAIROBI, KENYA</span> (Xan Rice) - <p>The ping of a text message has never sounded so sweet. In what is being touted as a world first, Kenya&#8217;s biggest mobile operator is allowing subscribers to send cash to other phone users by <span class="caps">SMS</span>. Known as M-Pesa, or mobile money, the service is expected to revolutionise banking in a country where more than 80% of people are excluded from the formal financial sector.</p> </div> Low-cost technology Africa Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:00:00 -0300 webmaster 1086 at http://www.apc.org