Combining research, projects and advocacy, the Mobile Technology Programme aims to create sustainable economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs through the use of mobile phones and services.The programme works with a wide range of partners in the mobile ecosystem – including mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform providers and vendors, leading academic thinkers, consulting firms and non-profit organisations. Broadly, our work falls under two categories:

• Mobile Financial Services: Projects that bring mobile financial services closer to women entrepreneurs, both as users and as providers of such services

• Mobile Value Added Services: Projects that build customised mobile applications or adapt existing applications to address specific business challenges faced by women entrepreneurs