Cheap mobile phones have revolutionised lives in poorer countries, helping link farmers to markets, enabling people to send payments and helping them look for a job.

But a third of mobile users in some African markets have to borrow phones to make calls and often have to pay a "borrowers' premium". The plan aims to give these people a low-cost option to acquire their own "mobile identity" that can be accessed from any handset.

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