Issue 4 - What are the Economic and Social Impacts of the Mobile Phone Sector in Developing Countries?

Issue 4 - What are the Economic and Social Impacts of the Mobile Phone Sector in Developing Countries?

Guy Zibi, AfricaNext

Guy Zibi is Founder and Managing Director with AfricaNext Investment Research, an independent consultancy firm focused on telecommunication economics and due diligence analysis in the African TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunication) space. Mr. Zibi has more than a decade-long experience in researching and analyzing the business of technology in developed and developing economies. In prior years, he also acted as Director of Pyramid Research’s Communications Media and Technology (CMT) practice, Director of the Pyramid’s EMEA research practice, and Africa analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit >> Download Guy Zibi's paper  

Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, World Bank

Ms. Qiang is a lead economist at the Policy Division of the Global ICT Department of the World Bank Group. She manages the Information and Communications for Development flagship reports. Her main responsibilities include overseeing the World Bank’s analytical work on ICT policies, economics, and impact analysis, as well as leading ICT operations and policy dialog in countries in Asia. She has published over 20 journal articles, book chapters, and reports on ICT and development, economic growth, and productivity. She holds a PhD in Economics and a M.S.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University >> Download Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang's paper  

Jenny C. Aker, Center for Global Development

Jenny C. Aker is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD) and Assistant Professor of Development Economics at the faculty of Tufts University. She received her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics at the University of California- Berkeley. Ms. Aker’s research agenda assesses the impact of agro-food market performance on producer and consumer welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on the impact of information (technology) on grain price dispersion, market actors’ behavior and welfare in Niger >> Download Jenny C. Aker's paper .

François-Xavier Roger, Millicom

François-Xavier Roger holds an MBA from Ohio State University and graduated from Audencia Management School in France. He began his career at Aventis and Hoechst Marion Roussel, where he specialized in emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. After holding the position of Vice Chairman in charge of corporate finance at Danone, his extensive experience in developing countries allowed him to join Millicom Group as chief financial officer in September 2008 >> Download François-Xavier Roger's paper.

Annie Chéneau-Loquay, CNRS

Annie Chéneau-Loquay is a research director at CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) within the Centre d’étude d’Afrique noire at the Bordeaux Political Studies Institute. She set up the Africa’NTI program in 1998 which conducts research on integration methods for information and communication technologies (ICTs) in South countries, with a specific focus on Africa. She also coordinates the international research group, NETSUDS, which was set up in 2005 and now includes 13 associate laboratories in Europe and Africa. This group specifically works on policies and appropriation methods for ICTs in developing countries >> Download Annie Chéneau-Loquay's paper .