NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Monday, April 18, 2005

Africa is currently the world region with the highest level of mobile communications growth, and the occasional legal squabble notwithstanding, mobile operators are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into infrastructure and development.
This is good news for Africa. According to a recent report, there is a clear link between the current exponential growth of telecommunications on the continent and the rates of economic growth in poor countries. In other words, countries with greater mobile use are seeing higher rate of economic growth.
Story found here.