PolDeC's blog

Mobile Telephony: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformation in Nigeria is a compilation of reports, essays, analysis, interviews, research findings, testimonials and success stories by individuals, organizations and communities.

The book, a report card of Nigeria’s five-year sojourn in mobile telephony documents milestones and challenges as well as opportunities in mobile telephony for socio-economic transformation. An appraisal of the evolution of mobile telephony services in Nigeria, the book emphasises the transformational impact of mobile telephony services on livelihoods and social interactions. In addition, through interviews and analysis of findings, the book explores the vast potential of mobile telephony as a tool for ensuring sustainable livelihoods in rural communities.

Mobile Telephony: Leveraging Strengths and Opportunities for Socio-Economic Transformation in Nigeria further explores the potential of mobile telephony for women’s sustainable livelihoods and socio-econo mic transformation in an increasingly fluid and integrating global economy by taking cognizance of the need to utilize mobile telephony as a tool for integration of the rural woman in Nigeria’s emerging knowledge economy coupled with the need to focus on its socio-economic transformational impact on livelihoods as well as exploring its potential for sustainable livelihoods, especially, amongst Nigeria’s women who fill the bottom rung of the poverty ladder.

African Women Development Cooperative is one of the gender development projects of the Centre for Policy and Development.A response to the gender economic divide and the gender based challenges of sustainable wealth creation, AWDC aims to facilitate access to financial services, provide capacity building in financial literacy and entrepreneurial skills as well training in building enterprising businesses and sustainable livelihoods for African women.