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Africa: mobile phones are Africa's PC

Sunday, July 1st, 2007 @ 07:55 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Kenya, Uganda
Topics:: Internet & Telecoms, Software & Tools, Technology

White African sees mobile phones as the primary tool for web access in Africa: “Ever since I first heard someone mention that mobile phones were “Africa’s PC” I was hooked. I still am. My most recent trip to East and Southern Africa has done nothing but confirm my thoughts on the mobile platform as Africa’s connectivity device.”

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ben

The bridge between the mobile phone and the internet is key. We have now launched a pilot project doing just this. We have given a number of African reporters a mobile phone. They are now in the process of making video, photographs and text reports that they can publish on the AfricaNews website with a push of a button.

See some examples and let us know what you think!

http://www.africanews.com/site/page/voicesofafrica

# 2007-08-1 at 21:33 pm

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