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October 01 2012
Fertilizer by Phone: Esoko Enhances African Farmers' Livelihoods through Innovations in Data Access (Innovations Case Narrative: Esoko)
Mark Davies
Mark Davies
Mark Davies is a technology entrepreneur who founded Metrobeat/CitySearch in New York, First Tuesday in London, and both BusyInternet, a technology incubator, and Esoko in Accra, Ghana. He has always been fascinated by the link between people and technology, and most recently has focused on how private businesses can use technology to drive economic development in Africa.
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Mark Davies
Mark Davies is a technology entrepreneur who founded Metrobeat/CitySearch in New York, First Tuesday in London, and both BusyInternet, a technology incubator, and Esoko in Accra, Ghana. He has always been fascinated by the link between people and technology, and most recently has focused on how private businesses can use technology to drive economic development in Africa.
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© 2013 Mark Davies
2013
Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization (2012) 7 (4): 27–41.
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Mark Davies; Fertilizer by Phone: Esoko Enhances African Farmers' Livelihoods through Innovations in Data Access (Innovations Case Narrative: Esoko). Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 2012; 7 (4): 27–41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/INOV_a_00150
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