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Businesses Aim to Get More Africans Using Smartphones

Companies and experts say it is important for Africans south of the Sahara Desert to use smart phones. One company thinks apps will provide these Africans with the services they need.

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Companies trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa, but there are risks

Despite growing mobile internet coverage on the continent of 1.3 billion people, just 25% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa currently have access

Companies are trying to attract more smartphone users across Africa. But there are risks

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Anita Akpeere prepared fried rice in her kitchen in Ghana s capital as a flurry of notifications for restaurant orders lit up apps on her phone. “I

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Smartphone Users: Despite growing mobile internet coverage on the continent of 1.3 billion people, just 25% of adults in sub-Saharan Africa have access to it, according to Claire Sibthorpe, head of digital inclusion at the U.K.-based mobile phone lobbying group GSMA. Expense is the main barrier. The cheapest smartphone costs up to 95% of the monthly salary for the poorest 20% of the region s population, Sibthorpe said.