http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1253 Comments for "SMS-based Commodity Pricing" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1253 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE) <br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.kacekenya.com/marketinfo/sms.asp" TARGET="_blank">http://www.kacekenya.com/marketinfo/sms.asp</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> The Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange (KACE), in conjunction with mobile telephone company Safaricom, has developed a system to keep farmers better informed of commodity market prices. Short Message System (SMS) technology is behind the system, which will cost farmers only 15 shillings (about $0.20 USD) per use, giving them access to price information that was previously only available directly at the market.<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1253">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1253#comment Agriculture Activity BOP Technology Activity IT Hardware Activity Software Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity Kenya Private Investment Funded Sub-Saharan Africa Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:44:09 -0500 admin 1253 at http://www.nextbillion.net