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  • Posted by Anjala Kanesathasan on Friday, February 24, 2012
    Only an SMS Away
    Mobile phones can jump-start Indian women’s entrepreneurial opportunities

    A new ICRW report illustrates how putting a mobile phone or computer in the hands of a woman entrepreneur in India can ignite tremendous economic growth.

  • Posted by ICRW Communications Staff on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
    Cheers to Cherie Blair Foundation
    ICRW partner releases new report on mobile communications and women

    Congratulations to our partner, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, which today launched a new report, “Women Entrepreneurs in Mobile Retail Channels: Empowering Women, Driving Growth.”  This latest endeavor is another example of the foundation’s commitment to providing insight into how the mobile communications industry can benefit women entrepreneurs in emerging markets.

  • Posted by Allison McGonagle on Friday, September 16, 2011
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    Powered by Women
    Ugandan women find new market in solar lanterns

    Our van climbed higher and higher as we navigated the rolling foothills of Mt. Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border. Lush greenery surrounded us and plump cows dotted the fields. Although sparse electricity lines hung from some of the houses, there was no light as we approached Kapchorwa district. No light, except in the homes that owned a Solar Sister solar lantern.

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  • Posted by Charles Ashbaugh on Friday, September 17, 2010
    Ringing Potential
    What Cell Phones Can Do for Women

    Out in a rural village in Western Kenya, two hours from the nearest large town, and all I could think about were cell phones.