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Controlled and connected: 50 years of the cell phone

The Documentary Podcast

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The Impact of Smartphones on the World

Mobile phones have affected different parts of the world in a variety of ways. We were working with very very low income migrants into the city. And we actually thought, well, this smartphone maybe it would exacerbate the separation between older people left in the villages and young people who've come into the towns. The key thing about smartphones in East Africa has been this use of mobile money.

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