Africans and technology have indeed come very far. In the past, we were regarded as late adopters because we had to wait for the ‘tokunbos’ to land through the ports before trying out those technologies, but today all that have literally changed at least in the urban areas where mobility has brought about massive disruption.
Africa is known for the lowest rate of development and poor infrastructure. Majority of Africa’s population have access to key infrastructures, which are considered as the basic necessities in today’s world. This indicates the poor economic growth of Africa. The last decade, however, has shown some tremendous changes in the general trends of development on the continent of Africa.
Infrastructure has improved considerably along with the increase in employment opportunities. Although, various factors contributed to this transformation, but the most important one is the adaptation of mobile telephony. The poor population of Africa that found telecommunication services inaccessible now enjoys the different benefits of mobile telephony.
The reasons behind this are related to the increased population density in general and improved per capita income. The increased demand for telecommunication convinced the authorities to facilitate small cities with this service as well. At this stage, Africa contributes about seven per cent to the world’s — Continue Reading
