The
UK’s Department for International Development has announced a partnership with
a global mobile operators organisation, which will see mobile technology used
to provide life-enhancing services to millions of people in poverty.
DFID will provide financial support to GSMA,
which represents mobile operators worldwide, to develop and roll out new
technologies that can improve response to natural disasters, help women obtain
financial services, and boost access to safe water and clean energy in the
developing world.
UK
international development minister Nick Hurd said the partnership with GSMA was
at the forefront of bringing the battle against extreme poverty into the
digital era.
“We
have a real opportunity to accelerate the development of mobile technologies
that can help save lives, help women reach their potential and boost the growth
of emerging economies for Britain to trade with,” he said.
DFID
and the GSMA have already been working together over the past three years,
including on projects to improve access to solar power in Uganda and Ghana and
a project to enhance access to clean water in Rwanda.
DFID
said the partnership will make significant contributions to nine of the global
goals for sustainable development, agreed at the UN in September, including
promoting decent work and economic growth, innovation and infrastructure,
affordable clean energy and gender equality.
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