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TED TALK “The Power of the Mobile Phone to End Poverty”

Iqbal Quadir talks to TED about the evolution of GrameenPhone, and how it can serve as a model of success for future entrepreneurial endeavors across the developing world.

Categories: Entrepreneurship, Mobile Technologies

GSMA MobileWorld Congress, February 2008

Iqbal Quadir addresses the GSMA MobileWorld Congress and uses the story of GrameenPhone to illustrate the unique potential of cell-phones and communication technologies to alleviate poverty in the developing world.

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Mobile Technologies

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, March 2008: Bangladesh Calling

A video profile of Iqbal Quadir: how one man’s unique vision for Bangladesh is changing the way we think about development.

Categories: Bangladesh, Bottom-up Development, Innovation Investment, Mobile Technologies

“Technology Empowers the Poorest” Long Now Foundation Seminar, May 21, 2008

Iqbal Quadir joins the Long Now Foundation as part of their Seminar on Long Term Thinking series.

Categories: Bottom-up Development, Economics

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