The common gripe I heard from Palestinian entrepreneurs was twofold: the lack of payment systems and the lack of access to 3G (the standard at the time for delivering wireless Internet connectivity). Each year, 2,000 Palestinians graduate from local universities in technical subjects, but only about 30 percent of them find work in their fields. As one young woman studying at Palestine Polytechnic University put it, “We must have a better economy to have better lives, and we must have 3G to have a better economy,” her reasoning being that if there is no Internet connectivity, then the basic
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