• DocumentCode
    1249632
  • Title

    Africans dial up innovation [Spectral Lines]

  • Author

    Zachary, G. Pascal

  • Author_Institution
    Arizona State University
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    8/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    Tired of hearing friends in Accra, Ghana, fret over the specter of home invasions, Herman Chinery-Hesse launched a text-messaging security service earlier this year that both addresses the problem of poor police response to property crimes and takes advantage of tight-knit neighborhoods.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6247542
  • Filename
    6247542