6/6/2011 IMI EXAMPLES OF GOOD CSR AND BAD CSR IN TELECOMMUNICATION IN INDUSTRY Evaluating CSR using B&L Framework | Ashwani K Sinha CONT ENTS 1. 2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................. 3 SELECTION OF INDUSTRY .................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 2.2 2.2.1
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Journal of Economic Perspectives—Volume 24‚ Number 3—Summer 2010—Pages 207–232 Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa Jenny C. Aker and Isaac M. Mbiti S ub-Saharan Africa has some of the lowest levels of infrastructure investment in the world. Merely 29 percent of roads are paved‚ barely a quarter of the population has access to electricity‚ and there are fewer than three landlines available per 100 people (ITU‚ 2009; World Bank‚ 2009a). Yet access to and use of mobile telephony
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1.0: INTRODUCTION 1.1: Overview of telecommunication industry in Tanzania Before the liberalization of the telecommunication sector‚ the telephone communication service was the monopoly of the TTCL‚ a state-owned company under the Tanzania Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (TPTC). The TTCL held a monopoly in the provision of communication and was also responsible for the regulation of the telecommunication sector. In the context of a wider economic liberalization policy in the country‚ the
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Introduction The new reproductive technology (NRT) is no exception any more‚ since Louise Brown‚ the first "test tube" baby‚ was born on 25 July‚ 1978 (Simmons‚ 2009). Before her parents Lesley Brown and John Brown met Drs Edwards and Steptoe‚ they had been trying to conceive a baby for nine years‚ but never succeeded. Because Lesley Brown was diagnosed with fallopian tubes obstruction‚ at that time‚ it indeed meant hopelessness of being pregnant without a miracle. Then the ungovernable longings
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The Money Transfer Service - Competition in the global market Introduction In any given market a healthy business is one that looks for a strategy that will give it a competitive advantage over the rest of the players in the industry. This is key in penetrating the market and ensuring that it stays a notch above the others in the delivery of a good or service to its clientele. In many cases competition is quite healthy‚ as articulated below with regard to the wars between Coke and Pepsi Companies
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implement a range of new services that were targeting the poorest part of population of the country. One service in particular revealed to be successful and revolutionised the way people were making transactions in Africa. This service is called M-PESA and allows Safaricom customers to send money to each other using text messages. Cheaper and faster than ordinary money transfers‚ it is used by 23% of the population and has inspired more than 60 similar schemes in the world. The company is owned
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How Significant Are Recent Advances in Information and Telecommunications Technology to Social and Economic Change in Africa? Candidate Number: BZWB0 Information technology (IT) has emerged as indispensable in contemporary society. It has become one of the most significant technological developments in the world‚ affecting almost all aspects of people’s lives- economically‚ politically‚ culturally‚ and socially (Castells
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This provision is to ensure protection of the land resource of individuals‚ communities and habitations of Scheduled Tribes in Scheduled Areas. Alienation of land of a Scheduled Tribe would mean dispossession of land by any means to any one‚ whether a tribe or a non-tribe. The objective of this provision is to ensure protection of rights to land of every tribal persons as indicated by the usage of the term ‘a Scheduled Tribe’. Both the Gram Sabha and Panchayats at appropriate level is bestowed the
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East and Central Africa. Safaricom’s main revenue generating activity is provision of mobile service although it has diversified its product range to include the following; M-Pesa-this is a mobile money transfer service that has revolutionized the way people conduct business in Kenya e.g. has made payments easier.M-Pesa is the first such service of its kind in the world Roaming-this is a service that allows travellers to continue using their Safaricom line whenever they travel outside the country
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the remotest part of this country‚ you will be able to make calls or send text messages. Two‚ it has many mobile phone services like M-PESA‚ M-BANKING‚ M-SHWARI and many others. You know before M-pesa came into plaace it was very difficult to transact business with someone far from you. But look at the situation now‚ billions of shillings are transacted through M-pesa which makes business very easy. Another service I really like is M-banking. All those hours I used to spend at banking halls so I can
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