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Mobile phone usage explodes in Africa, spurring innovation

Clip: 2/15/2014 | 9m 6s

Mobile phone usage explodes across the African continent, spurring new innovation.

A drive through Kenya’s bustling capital of Nairobi reveals a nation in love -- with the mobile phone. Across the African continent, improvements in mobile phone technology and greater access to the internet are spurring new innovations in the tech sector. Special correspondent Martin Seemungal reports from Kenya, the East African nation leading the trend.

02/15/2014 | Rating NR

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