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Headlines are simply sent out as text messages, and texting is used to report the news in as well. Although the mobile phone penetration is far behind Europe or Asia, it is rapidly growing. In Africa, four in 10 people now have a mobile phone.
The mobile phone is in some ways the PC of Africa, and creative ways of using it are emerging.
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