# Finally, tech solutions to economic development

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@BCG Berlin
- Speaker: Sarah Cairns-Smith
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_cairns_smith_finally_tech_solutions_to_economic_development)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Finally, tech solutions to economic development](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sarah_cairns_smith_finally_tech_solutions_to_economic_development/d5aa3f1c258e), 12 min (TED's player)