http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/14/world-economic-forum-towards-an-electranet/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/14/world-economic-forum-towards-an-electranet/comment-page-1/#comment-395651 …My heart’s in Accra » Incremental infrastructure, or how mobile phones might wire Africa Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:48:18 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1508#comment-395651 [...] If mobile phone companies - or a similarly entrepreneurial entity - could begin building larger, more efficient power generating facilities, they could service local communities with power as well as with telephony. If there were sufficient success for this model, it might start to resemble the “electranet” that some have suggested might alleviate African power problems. [...] [...] If mobile phone companies – or a similarly entrepreneurial entity – could begin building larger, more efficient power generating facilities, they could service local communities with power as well as with telephony. If there were sufficient success for this model, it might start to resemble the “electranet” that some have suggested might alleviate African power problems. [...]

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