On hope and profit in Africa.

• Author: Rees, Matthew
• Position: Africa - Survey - Brief article

"Wireless and deregulation have connected Africans as never before. One percent of Africans had phones ten years ago. Now 20 percent, or 140 million people, have cells, and that will more than double to 280 million by 2010. This, in turn, has afforded even poor Africans a new form of digital currency...