[via Textually] Financial Times writes about the revolution that’s happening:
ll across Africa people are investing in mobiles, from slum-dwellers and shoeshine boys to nomadic tribesmen and politicians running election campaigns. A communications revolution is sweeping across the impoverished continent, now enjoying the fastest cell-phone growth in the world.
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Yet while the mobile industry has so far enjoyed success on the continent, the revolution is still not complete. Network coverage is often erratic and in some areas it requires a hike up a thorny hillside to ensure a decent signal…Another problem is keeping batteries topped up when many Africans have no access to electricity.
