Ethan Zuckerman looks at mobile phone infrastructure and development in Africa: “Almost every discussion of business opportunity in Africa focused on the amazing growth of the mobile phone industry. That growth has been astounding, but it’s hard to know whether that growth will be replicable in other sectors. There’s a couple of circumstances that I think are critical to understand in the rise of mobile networks on the continent….”
Namibia Presidential and National Assembly 2009 has come to an end, African Elections Project reports.
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I think more people in Africa will be accessing the web through their mobile phone bypassing the need for expensive computers and broadband connections
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