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Hero Who Fights Poverty with Mobile Phones
I decided to choose Professor Iqbal Z. Quadir as my hero in this game. I was struck by his innovative strategies for using cell phones to help overcome poverty, first in his native Bangledesh, then in Africa. See his TED Talk. At the time, he was working in NYC for Citibank. I occasionally wondered if he was still in NY because I wanted him to visit my ITGS (Information Technology in a Global Society) class.
He does not appear to be a member of Facebook or Twitter, but I have located his bio on Wikipedia, which led me to his page on the MIT site. He is not a banker any more.
It's getting very late for this teacher to be up playing a game. But I am hooked on how this works. I'll be back to finish my missions.
He does not appear to be a member of Facebook or Twitter, but I have located his bio on Wikipedia, which led me to his page on the MIT site. He is not a banker any more.
It's getting very late for this teacher to be up playing a game. But I am hooked on how this works. I'll be back to finish my missions.
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Tags: ACT1, cell phones, mobile phone
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Comment by Shakwei Mbindyo on March 16, 2010 at 3:52pm -
Just watched the video - in a word AWESOME. +1 Vision
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Comment by Elastika on March 16, 2010 at 7:35pm -
Know the story ... fascinating ... +1 knowledge share :)
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Comment by Sylvain Ratelle on March 17, 2010 at 7:47pm -
Madeleine, I like the idea of using actual technologies to create new solutions, a second support for your second evidence, I will follow your blog for more, When you get a minute please try to look at my blog, talk to you soon regards
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