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Sub-Saharan Africa: Surge in Use of Mobile Phones

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Citizen Media, Economics & Business, Media & Journalism, Science, Technology

AndrĂ©-Michel Essoungou writes [1] 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.”