Connect the unconnected
Low cost access to mobile phones has huge economic and social impacts; an increase of 10% of mobile penetration will raise the economic growth rate by 1.2%.
Technology innovation
At the Base of the Pyramid "BoP"' we cannot just take traditional technology from the developed markets and lower the price to fit, we need innovative solutions.
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The service enables subscribers, who cannot afford to buy a handset, to own a virtual mobile phone which they access using other people's phones.
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About us
Movirtu is a for-profit social enterprise that provides innovative mobile technology and business models for wireless telecommunication service providers servicing rural poor communities in Sub-Sahara Africa and South Asia to help them realise shared access to basic mobile phone services for people earning less than $2 a day. We are expanding the use of mobile communications by the rural poor communities to help improve their sustainable livelihoods and help alleviate poverty. Our solutions enable "Mobile for the Next Billion" for people at the "Base of the Pyramid".
News
Movirtu shortlisted for "Changing Lives Award" at AfricaCom
Our Founder and CEO selected as PopTech Social Innovation Fellow
Movirtu Named Top Innovator by GSM Association