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How mobile phones changed Africa

The spread of mobile.
The spread of mobile.
Image: Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
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Before the advent of mobile, this is roughly what the state of communication looked like in some of Africa’s biggest countries, compared to the US.

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This is how mobile phones changed that, according to a wide-ranging survey by the Pew Research Center.

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And this, apart from making phone calls, is what they’re doing with them.