MTNVillagePhone

-Project status: Active
-Sectors: For-profit Activity
-Funding source: Private Investment Funded
-Location of project: Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa
-Project type: Telecommunications and IT Activity

Managing Organization: MTN Uganda | Grameen Foundation USA

Managing Organization URL:
http://www.mtn.co.ug/ | http://www.gfusa.org/


Contact Phone: 202-628-3560 (GFUSA)

Contact Address: P.O. Box 24624 Kampala, Uganda | 1029 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005-3517, USA


Activity URL:
http://www.mtnvillagephone.co.ug/
Activity Description: Grameen Foundation USA and MTN Uganda launched MTN Village Phone Uganda based on the success of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh. MTN Uganda distributes cell phones to women entrepreneurs in rural villages who can purchase them through a microfinancing scheme. These women entrepreneurs then use their new cell phones to sell per-minute usage to other villagers. The women entrepreneurs increase their income through this scheme; MTN Uganda earns money from the use of their cellular network.
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