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10-09-2015, 02:40 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gvAS_ZuuqnNMAcS6cx6r1g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8234209-1-1-0.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/mobile-phones-transforming-africa-growth-slow-study-183227232.html)The rapid spread of mobile phones across Sub-Saharan Africa is transforming the region, but record levels of growth are due to slow sharply, an industry report said this week. The industry contributed more than $100 billion to the region's economy last year -- equivalent to 5.7 percent of gross domestic product, according to a study released at a conference in Cape Town by the GSMA association which represents mobile operators. It forecast that there will be 386 million mobile subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of this year -- equivalent to 41 percent of the population.
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