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

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

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 regions population, Sibthorpe said.

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 don't think I could work without a phone in my line of business," she said, as requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling. Internet-enabled phones…

Despite little access, smartphones have immense potential to change the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

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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 don't think I could work without a phone in my line of business,'' she said, as requests came in for her signature dish, a traditional fermented dumpling.

Just 25pc adults in sub-Saharan Africa have access to mobile internet coverage

The findings of their research and the symposium recommendations, relayed recently, showed dissatisfaction with the news coverage...

The findings of their research and the symposium recommendations, relayed recently, showed dissatisfaction with the news coverage...