It's become relatively commonplace to find corners of Africa that have good cell coverage but no electrical power.
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If you want to help Africa, you should help them out of poverty, not try to build solar cells and windmills.
It was a no-brainer that the cellular route would be a great success in Africa.
In the south of France the phones cut in and out, the electricity isn't particularly reliable. I think many people would get very irritated with that life.
Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.
We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level.
The mobile industry changed Africa.
The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.
There is always something new out of Africa.
Africa is not for the weak-hearted: infrastructure issues are there. The middle class is absent in most of the countries. We have to cater to the low end of the market to grow.
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