PC World Under The Radar

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Ken Banks writes for PC World/IDG News Service about what he calls Africa’s “informal” economic development — growth driven by African entrepreneurs and grassroots innovation rather than foreign aid, investment or top-down interventions. He points to mobile phones as a key enabler of this informal growth, citing farmers increasing income by up to 40% through access to market price information, casual labourers advertising their services, and unemployed youth receiving job alerts by phone.