Sweden's Ericsson, at the 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and Swedish telecom site solution supplier Flexenclosure were awarded the prestigious Global Mobile Award by the GSMA for the Community Power project in the “Best use of Mobile for Social & Economic Development” category. Lars Linden, Head of Ericsson Sub-Saharan Africa, told reporters that “we are honored to have been presented with this award. This initiative reflects Ericsson's ongoing commitment to harnessing our technical leadership in developing innovative products and sustainable business models that form the building blocks of a connected and sustainable Africa. We will continue to seek new ways of driving sustainable business growth for our customers and expand the reach of networks in Africa.” Having adopted the Ericsson Community Power solution, MTN in Liberia becomes the first operator in the world to implement a system of this type. With this, many of the residents of Liberia's Kokoyah District could soon enjoy access to electricity in their homes for the first time. The project will take what has started in some markets as a way of charging mobile phones to a whole new level, enabling the electrification of the world's remotest villages. Kokoyah is one of several Millennium Villages in Africa. It is located in the far southeast of Bong County, which has a population of approximately 15,000 people. BM