[AfrICANN-discuss] African telcos call for innovation

[Badru Ntege]

On 2 Apr 2012, at 09:41, Michelle Opiyo <mopiyo at kenet.or.ke> wrote:

>  I think literacy in the African context, in terms of on-line transactions, is the ability to follow the instructions and achieve one's desired output.
> 

I like the clarification.  Since with the arrival of tablets visual representation will also come in to make the instructions easier.  



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> From: "badru ntege" <badru.ntege at nftconsult.com>
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> Very interesting. However it looks like most Telcos will be dragged
> kicking and screaming into the reality since its note easy to give up
> ones cash cow in an unpredictable economical environment.
> 
> One biggest catalyst to this expected transformation is the power of the
> transaction services which the authors seem to have down played. I
> believe this is going to be the biggest driver which will stimulate
> localisation through online shopping in local languages to counter the
> literacy challenge. Here again we need to clarify literacy. What does it
> mean in the African context ?
> 
> Regards
> S e n t f r o m m y B l a c k B e r r y ® s m a r t p h o n e
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