Could Cell Phones Benefit Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries?

Fri, 09/30/2011
Triple Pundit

Triple Pundit, a new media company for the business community, quotes ICRW President Sarah Degnan Kambou in a piece about the potential for mobile phones to aid women's business ventures in low- and middle-income countries.

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