Mobile phones could not work in Africa without prepaid because it's a cash society.
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The uptake on mobile phones in Africa is phenomenal.
The mobile industry changed Africa.
We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.
Inexpensive phones and pay-as-you go services are already spreading mobile phone technology to many parts of that world that never had a wired infrastructure.
Cell phones were more popular in Cambodia and Uganda because they didn't have phones. We had phones in this country, and we were very late to the table. They're going to adopt e-books much faster than we do.
It's become relatively commonplace to find corners of Africa that have good cell coverage but no electrical power.
Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
Africa needs access to markets.
Mobile phones play a really wonderful role in enabling civil society. As well as empowering people economically and socially, they are a wonderful political tool.
It's not fair that people save and work and pay for phones from whatever funds they have, and other people get them for free.
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