Half of Africa's one billion population has a mobile phone – and not just for talking. The power of telephony is forging a new enterprise culture, from banking to agriculture to healthcare
Africa mobile phones in use on the streets of Kampala, Uganda
Mobile phones in Uganda's capital, Kampala: 10 million people across the country own a phone. Photograph: Yousef Eldin
Earlier this month, on a short bus ride through the centre of Kampala, I decided to carry out an informal survey. Passing through the Ugandan capital's colourful and chaotic streets, I would attempt to count the signs of the use of mobile phones in evidence around me....
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