Report shows that Africa has 12% of the new cell phone subscribers in the world, tallying 20 million more cell phone users in first Quarter of 2010.
What’s actually more fascinating to me is that they’re saying that the continent now has close to 50% penetration; meaning that there’s a lot of growth left to be had as equates to the rest of the planet.
I don’t know much about the internet phone usage but I did hear that South Africa has a service similar to 3G of AT&T.
Also smart phones are cheaper in Africa! Or so I’ve heard!
I am always confused when someone say mobile instead of cell phone. Read this interesting article about how phones end up in Africa.
Published by July 22nd, 2010 in African, Current Issues and Social.... In any cluster of mobile phone shops you find someone who offers repair services. … People then come asking if other things can be fixed, and over time there’s an increased awareness of how to fix different models.”
Interesting. That puts India and China at ~4% growth rate in their respective populations, and around 2% for ‘Africa’. Assuming it’s happening wide and fast in China and India, and assuming the majority of Africa’s numbers aren’t coming out of South Africa, that’s a pretty decent growth rate.
This is also assuming we’re pro cell phone usage in Africa, which I am …
Thanks to Chinese Colonization !!! Now, even WoYaLa’s share information with other WoYaLa’s using mobile about the demand at different locations …
I remember some people confusing the spelling of Mobile with Mobil
Ye eje lay dewlilign (call me on my cell
)….or….ye eju silk aleh? (Do you have his cell number?)
That is the new funny amarigna for cell phone.
@ Dinich , thats funny… Is it somthing they say back home nowadays or is it somthing you heard Ethiopians say out here in the u.s ?
LOL@Dinich…i just heared this joke in relation to this lingo.
Ande habitam ena Ande deha, betekirstian hedew sitseliu,dehaw bemejemeria,egzihabereye ebakhin
Ande shi($1000) bir efeleghalew sil Habtamu sewye yesamana,ledehaw sewye,ere zore bel bakih
networkun atachenankew, Ande shi birhin ene setehalw,yelewal.
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so what if weyala’s share info on a cell…..isn’t that the whole purpose of a phone ….sharing info for bussiness or personal purpose ??would you be as surprized if your supervisor is checking his iphone or blackberry every few seconds for upto the minute info .It is the same .
@biskut
I am implying how it is affordable to get a Mobile in Addis. Few years back people use it as a show off. There are a number of jokes on the area codes that start with 20, 21, 22, 40 ..bla ..bla.. as those people with 20 area code boasting about it.
@Telisi
“ere zore bel bakih
networkun atachenankew”
That’s funny.
what kind of phone works in eth ? i was thinking of buying one and sending it to my little sister . heard at&t and t mobile phones work well .please share some suggestions and info .thankyou
Better have her buy it there…..I heard they have way better cell phones and prices down there.