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Obopay Fuels Social Revolution through Mobile Technology

Lesley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:08:41 +0000

In his latest Harvard Business Publishing blog post, Centre for India & Global Business Excecutive Director Navi Radjou explores frugal mobile innovation at Obopay, a mobile payment startup fueling a social revolution worldwide by enabling scores of unbanked people to access financial services for the first time.

Unleashing Creative Potential at the Base of the Economic Pyramid

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:11:38 +0000

Professor Anil K. Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Co-ordinator, SRISTI and Honey Bee Network, and Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundation explains why grassroots inventors, the ‘knowledge holders’, with their cultural and economic creativity, will unlock the key to India’s future.

Sourcing Innovation from Emerging Markets

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:05:34 +0000

Guruduth Banavar of IBM India predicts that “the mobile phone will have the same transformation power on society in India, as the Internet did in the West”.

One such example is the spoken web system, which allows villagers can create a “voice-site” (similar to a website) which other people can access via a mobile phone. For example, a plumber could advertise his services on a “voice site”, others could access his site via a mobile phone at any time, and ring him for his services.