Sub-Saharan Africa: Surge in Use of Mobile Phones
Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated byDiana Rhudick
Translation posted 6 May 2011 16:47 GMT
André-Michel Essoungou writes the following on the site reseautelecom.com: “According to the ITU [International Telecommunication Union], investments in the African mobile phone sector, the prime mover of information and communication technologies, went from US$8.1 billion in 2005 to nearly US$70 billion today. These technologies are about to become the driving force for African growth.”
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Written byAbdoulaye Bah
Translated byDiana Rhudick
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