Mobile phones driving user growth in Africa: Facebook

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http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bJXZLaMDjCeUyCKeyqbEYA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_par8179378.c70ce160300.original.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/mobile-phones-driving-user-growth-africa-facebook-163812885.html)More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday. Africa has experienced an explosion of mobile phone penetration in recent years which the International Communications Union estimates to be around 63 percent. For many Africans faced with poor or non-existent landline infrastructure, mobile phones have also offered a route to the Internet without laptops or desktop computers.



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