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The ICT for Development (ICTD) research field still lacks a generic architecture approach unifying software development tasks in ICTD research. With a common approach technical ICTD research could evolve from single point solutions narrowed to one specific use case or technology towards a shared approach following the common goal of providing ICT access in ICTD use case scenarios. In this paper we present the replication of the Bottom Billion Architecture (BBA) in a second use case scenario. The BBA was developed and evaluated in a procurement use case in South Africa. The replication takes place in a cashew supply chain in Ghana whose current inefficient paper based organization hampers collaborative business with the established economy. The BBA prototype has been deployed for a five month pilot phase with about 400 participating cashew farmers. With this successful replication of the same architecture in two different use case scenarios we are now able to evaluate its capabilities to serve as a generic architecture for various technical ICTD use case scenarios.