Mobile internet says: “Hello Africa"

written by Steven Dupon, March 2010

Can Africans do with the internet what they’ve done with mobile phone? It certainly looks like some mobile giants are having a go at it.

As the 90’s came to an end a lot of telecom professionals believed doomsday was nigh with the approach of the new decade. None of those skilled professionals would have seriously accepted  the notion that of 1 out of every 3 Africans would own a mobile phone within ten years. Yet, come 2010, that is exactly where the industry is at. Could all these people be using mobile internet in the coming decade? Should we seriously believe that?

Yes, we should.

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