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Managing Seasons and Scarcity

An experience with phone theft reveals how critical the phone had become for a wholesaler of plantains at a small market on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana. The mobile phone is critical to maintaining personal relationships with suppliers to ensure supply during seasonal periods of scarcity. It is an important Read more…

By Jenna Burrell, 10 yearsSeptember 10, 2012 ago
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