The importance of mobile phones in Africa is the subject of a good story in the new BusinessWeek. In Malawi, I got four bars in villages without electricity, roads, or running water. Mobile phones are pricey, but without them, it would be hard for the 10 orphan centers of FOMO to coordinate efforts. The next step is data. They’ll never run cable; it has to be wireless.
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September 17th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
My husband, who works in the telecom industry, spent the entire summer working on mobile technology in Angola. Right now it looks like he will be there for a year. Thank you for posting the article. I will be passing it along.