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Africa sees massive growth in mobile web usage

by theGrio | December 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM
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Having swept America and conquered Europe, social networking site Facebook is now spreading rapidly through Africa.

From the deserts of Libya to the plains of Tanzania•Facebook is fast becoming the continent’s most visited mobile site as Africans use their phones to access the internet, according to a new report.

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