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1 Mobile for social development Organized by the: Raphaël Dard, ICT for Trade Development

2 Mobile phones for business An International Trade Centre service: tradeathand marketprices

3 Mobile phones for business An International Trade Centre service: tradeathand marketalerts

4 World penetration growth of mobile phones source: wireless intelligence/gsma

5 User number evolution, in Africa Million users

6 Linking urban and rural areas

7 Microfinance and its strengths Financial services for people who could not afford any other Give access to credit, savings, funds transfer, etc. Loans are a critical entrepreneurship enabling factor Microfinance is a key poverty reduction tool It is business, Reimbursement rate is strong. It is sustainable not philanthropy

8 Why an entrepreneurship enabler? Micro loan Periodic reimbursement

9 M banking pioneers Source: CGAP 2008

10 Why should go mobile? Use the huge mobile phone user base to spread widely the benefits of South America alone has 175 million unbanked mobile users Mobiles allow substantial financial transaction cost reduction (5 times cheaper than with traditional bank branches)

11 Mobile can boost social development by Boosting entrepreneurship People need money for business Allowing communities to translate their development ideas into actions and solutions Creating an enabling environment for initiatives, therefore social development

12 Where there is motivation, there is creativity, and solutions... Source: Jan Chipchase, NOKIA

13 Challenges ahead The need to: Raise awareness on the potential, at government level Collect/disseminate best practices and models Propose facilitating measures and regulations Provide revenue sharing schemes that benefit All Ensure a gradual and constant progress towards a global mobile based financial network for developing economies

14 The need for a dedicated and concerned group Ready to address collectively the challenges, and: A forum where all stakeholders are represented A body that voices concerns and recommendations A body that has influence at a high level A body that can act according to recommendations A consortium?

15 "After 30 years, there are only 90 million customers. I'm predicting that mobile phone banking will add a billion banking customers to the system in five years. That's how big it is." Dr. Allen L. Hammond, World Resource Institute Source: The New York Times Magazine, 14 April 2008.

16 Thank you for your attention! Raphaël Dard

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