As It Is: Mobile Phones Changing Lives in Kenya
06/10/2013
A collection of mobile phones.
Hello, and welcome once again to “As It Is,” our daily show for people learning American English.
I’m Christopher Cruise in Washington.
Today on the program, we visit with some musicians in Nigeria who are hoping to change their world…
“They don’t believe music is something you can make money with so they can put food on your table. Or that music is something that can make you achieve anything.”
But first, we hear how mobile phones are changing lives in Kenya -- and not always for the better…
Food or Phone?
Mobile phones were once something only rich people used. But with prices falling, both rich and poor people now depend on them for both personal and professional needs.
The World Bank asked two groups -- iHub Research and Research Solutions Africa -- to study mobile phone use in Kenya. They examined mobile phone use among Kenyans earning less than $2.50 a day. The groups reported their findings late last year.
Jim Tedder tells us more…
Angela Crandall led the project. Her group found that 20 percent of those questioned chose to give up necessities like food or transportation in order to purchase minutes to use on their mobile phone. Some said they ate rice and vegetables instead of something more costly, like meat, so they could buy credit. Ms. Crandall says there was a reason for these decisions.
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