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Finally, tech solutions to economic development

Sarah Cairns-Smith · TED

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In Kenya, a smartphone app called iCow tracks the health of cattle for thousands of farmers, at times doubling productivity. In this talk, Sarah Cairns-Smith discusses how a range of mobile apps are transforming local economies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The talk

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Institution
TED
Department
TED@BCG Berlin
Speaker
Sarah Cairns-Smith
Year
2014
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Economics, Society and politics
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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