Comments on: Cellphone business = your ticket outta here? http://www.ideate.co.za/2006/10/13/cellphone-business-your-ticket-outta-here/ Business resources, tips, success stories, interviews and business ideas Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:27:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David e http://www.ideate.co.za/2006/10/13/cellphone-business-your-ticket-outta-here/comment-page-1/#comment-6730 David e Thu, 23 Nov 2006 22:02:50 +0000 http://www.ideate.co.za/archives/214#comment-6730 Mobile is huge in South Africa that's for sure. Making money from it is a bit harder. Admob.com is the adsense of mobile sites at the moment. But I think it should be looked at more like an auxilliary (helper) service to customers. I always have tons of ideas of what can be mobilized. My own wap site at http://wap.defza.com Mobile is huge in South Africa that’s for sure.
Making money from it is a bit harder.
Admob.com is the adsense of mobile sites at the moment.

But I think it should be looked at more like an auxilliary (helper) service to customers.
I always have tons of ideas of what can be mobilized.

My own wap site at http://wap.defza.com

]]> By: Karin http://www.ideate.co.za/2006/10/13/cellphone-business-your-ticket-outta-here/comment-page-1/#comment-4985 Karin Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:10:57 +0000 http://www.ideate.co.za/archives/214#comment-4985 Today I read a story in the Saturday Times (which we always read on Sunday ;-) ) that made me think about this topic.

‘Banker’ who lends to the poor wins Nobel Peace Prize

“The inspirational economist Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today for helping lift millions of his fellow Bangladeshis from poverty through a pioneering scheme that lends tiny amounts of money to the very poorest of borrowers.�

Read here for more details http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2402640,00.html, but the little story next to this article in the paper told about how one of new-found woman entrepreneur use her loan (£20) to buy a mobile phone and by ‘renting’ it out (pay-per-call) to the rest of her village made enough money to repay the loan and interest, plus enough profit to start a restaurant in the village. She is now the proud owner of 4 outlets.

Talk about mobile technology and ‘printing money’

Warms the heart ;-)

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