The Middle East, along with Asia and Africa, are skipping the personal computer era and moving directly to the mobile and tablet age. Wireless and mobile telecom has enabled even the most distant rural village to be connected. According to figures released in 2011 by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), in a decade access to voice and data in the world's least developed countries has gone from an average of 1.2% of the population to nearly 30%.
The ITU reports that in the past five years, mobile access in those countries have seen cumulative growth of nearly 43%, compared to 7.1% in developed countries. Because of such rapid growth, and the development of services and products to serve that boom, Harvard professor Clayton Christensen says these regions are poised to create innovations that will disrupt industries in developed nations, such as healthcare.
To read the full, original article click on this link: Harvard's Clayton Christensen: Can Medical Innovation in Developing Countries Disrupt the U.S. Healthcare System? - Arabic Knowledge@Wharton
