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Can a Galaxy cover a continent?

Samsung is bullish that smartphones and Africans belong together. But as the latest GSMA figures show, a massive gap remains.

02 January 2013

The idea that within a few years everybody in Africa will have a mobile phone sounds ludicrous.

It’s a premise that Samsung Electronics is promoting, with VP for Africa George Ferreira stating that “in three to four years, probably every citizen in Africa will have a mobile device.”

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