Monday 27 July 2009

Nokia and the quest for relevant farmer content

Interview with Sean Paavo Krepp, Head, Nokia Africa & Middle East Emerging Markets Services, South Africa after the panel Discussion on: Public private partnership in m-agriculture on 16th of July 2009 at the IAALD Africa Chapter Conference.Accra, Ghana.

Sean explains:

  1. why relevant content for farmers is so important,
  2. why it is important to collaborate with the public sector,
  3. if funding for re-packaging of agricultural information and research findings is not a big problem.

He also shares his thoughts about civil servants in Ministries of Agriculture who feel they can not cope with the quickly evolving mobile phone technology

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