SoCap10: Interview with Nigel Waller of Movirtu

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2010-10-07 15:33:00 UTC
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(Ed. note: This post was contributed by Amie Vaccaro, who writes about social innovation for Triple Pundit and other publications.)

At Socap I sat down with Nigel Waller, Founder and CEO of Movirtu to learn more about his work. Movirtu has created a way to dramatically reduce the cost of cell phone access to the 1 billion living below the poverty line who both use mobile services and don't own a phone. And they've done so while maintaining a strong business case for their immediate customers, cell phone carriers. Designed in collaboration with Frog Design, Movirtu's Cloud Phone enables an entire family to share one phone while maintaining their privacy.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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