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Karoliina Kantola

Doctoral candidate

  • Institution University of Helsinki
  • Department/faculty Humanities and Social Sciences

The Role of Village Community Banks in Tanzanian Female Entrepreneurs’ Lives. The doctoral dissertation studies the characteristics of community banking in the global South, with the focus on Tanzanian Village Community Banks VICOBAs. It seeks to address the benefits and drawbacks of the community groups. In addition, the study explores how mobile technology, namely mobile money service, can benefit entrepreneurs’ businesses.

Mikko Ruohonen

professor

  • Institution University of Tampere
  • Department/faculty School of Information Sciences
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RuralVoice - Mobile Voice Based Services for Rural and Unprivileged areas of India and other Emerging Economies

Building rural renaissance and suburban development with interactive technology solutions in India – a research agenda