Posts Tagged ‘subversion’

Mozambique: How Rising Wheat Prices Crippled SMS Services

Mon Sep 13, 2010 16:44 GMT  | Leave a Comment

At first glance, the link between rising wheat prices and the state of telecoms infrastructure is hard to see, to the casual observer. However, Mozambique provides an opportunity to look at these two – usually unrelated – industries. Protests against a hike in bread prices in Mozambique were organised via SMS messaging on mobile phones…. [Read more]

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Posted in: Africa, Agribusiness, Commodities, General, infrastructure, Political Risk, telecoms Leave a Comment

North Korea: Dial S For Subversion

Tue Dec 16, 2008 17:00 GMT  | 1 Comment

By now most investors will be familiar with the explosive growth of telecommunications – especially mobile phones – in emerging markets. Yet one notable black hole in the telecoms universe (and other industries for that matter) has been North Korea. However, this week Egypt’s Orascom Telecom launched mobile phone services in the last truly ‘old… [Read more]

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Posted in: Asia, General, Political Risk 1 Comment

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