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Africa goes mobile mad, breaks record

NEWSWATCH: Africans have engaged in a revolution of a different sort: they are buying cellphones as fast as they can - with subscriptions rocketing from 54 million to almost 350 million in just five years, reports Mail & Guardian Online.

23 Oct 2009

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Mail & Guardian Online: Africa calling: Cellphone usage sees record rise…Africans have taken to the mobile phone… and have broken records in the process…

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