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More About This Title You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones Are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy
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GrameenPhone—a partnership between Norway's Telenor and Grameen Bank, co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize—defines a new approach to building business opportunities in the developing world. You Can Hear Me Now offers a compelling account of what Sullivan calls the "external combustion engine"—a combination of forces that is sparking economic growth and lifting people out of poverty in countries long dominated by aid-dependent governments. The "engine" comprises three forces: information technology, imported by native entrepreneurs trained in the West, backed by foreign investors.
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www.youcanhearmenow.com
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Preface vii
The Author xv
Introduction: The Three Forces of xvii
External Combustion
Part I: The GrameenPhone Story
1. Connectivity Is Productivity 3
2. Dish-Wallahs of Delhi (and Other 17 Early Models)
3. Cell Phone as Cow: A New Paradigm in Search of Investors 35
4. On the Money Trail in Scandinavia 51
5. Building a Company 71
6. Building a Network 87
Part II: Transformation Through Technology
7. Wildfire at the Bottom of the Pyramid 107
8. Cell Phone as Wallet 125
9. Wealth Creation and Rural Income Opportunities 145
10. Beyond Phones: In Search of a New “Cow” 161
11. Eyeing the Dhaka Stock Exchange 181
Epilogue 199
Notes 203
Resources 215
Index 217
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—Caroline Geck, Kean Univ. Lib., Union, NJ (Library Journal, February 2007)
"…describes an inclusive capitalism that engages and enables many of the three billion people living on $1 a day" (Credit Control, June 2007)
"Grameen Bank has an impact on the poor, GrameenPhone on the entire economy."—Muhammad Yunus,winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize
"You Can Hear Me Now is a powerful proof of the roles that the private sector can play in economic development. Sullivan, by picking one industry—wireless—and cleverly weaving the economics and the growth of the industry with the human dimension, provides a distinctively new perspective on what is possible. A must-read for all those who are concerned about eradicating poverty. Equally, a must-read for managers who are looking for new engines of growth."
—C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor, The Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan; author, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
"With the growing interest in how business can better serve the 'bottom of the pyramid' there is great need for both practical examples of how to do it and better understanding of how such strategies can truly benefit those caught in the poverty trap. This book delivers on both counts."
—Stuart L. Hart, S.C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise, Cornell University; author, Capitalism at the Crossroads
"You Can Hear Me Now describes the human drama of the poor adopting technology to enhance their productivity. Well-researched and engaging, it expertly walks the reader through one surprising maze after another."
—V. Kasturi Rangan, Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Harvard Business School; coauthor, Business Solutions for the Global Poor
"The stories of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh, legendary in development capital circles, and Celtel in Africa, among others, read as colorfully as any of the stories of the Gold Rush in the U.S. in the 1840s. Nicholas Sullivan has recounted the struggle and subsequent success in an easy-to-read but factual manner that shows risks countered by perseverance and guts—proving that you can do well by doing good."
—Alan Patricof, co-founder, Apax Partners and founder, Greycroft Partners