Despite having one of the highest poverty levels in the world, sub-Saharan Africa is the world leader in mobile financing. Mobile money transferring services are available in 36 of 47 countries in Africa, with more active accounts than anywhere else in the world.

According to 'disruptive' new internet service provider FreedomPop, 'the internet is a right, not a privilege'. Starting with low-income Americans, can the company's 'freemium' super-fast broadband model challenge the internet's biggest players?

Although many people in emerging economies don’t have access to basic necessities, they still want access to computers and the net. Keepod is a start-up that donates USB sticks that work as a plug-in operating system on any old computer, with no need for a hard drive.

Who ever thought owning a computer could be so cheap? Created by Californian start-up Next Thing, CHIP is a tiny and easy to use computer set to retail for just $9. That isn’t whole lot more than a plate of its potato-based namesake – it really is as cheap as chips.