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Mobile and Africa: Are smartphones really smart?

By Souleymane Camara on 12 December 2011

Whitepaper: Mobile and AfricaDownload this Whitepaper – Mobile and Africa: Are smartphones really smart? Reflections on opportunities in the African mobile market.

Commentators have remarked on the opportunity for mobile handset manufacturers, operators and mobile apps in sub-Saharan Africa for years. But, with the exception of M-PESA, a popular money transfer service, the pace of product, service and commercial development seems slow.

In this whitepaper I explore the context and potential of the African mobile market. This research is part of my ongoing monitoring of technology adoption and use in Africa. Further studies are currently underway with the biggest mobile phone market in Africa (Nigeria) and in two East-African countries (Kenya and Tanzania).

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Souleymane Camara

I have over seven years’ cumulative experience in interactive instruction design, teaching and learning in higher education, research and publication. I worked for s...

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