Africa: Continent's Magazine Age - How Long Will It Last?

27 February 2013
opinion

The joy, and indeed the curse, of Africa is that we are developing so rapidly. In the last twenty years we have leapfrogged technology steps that took the rest of the world over a hundred years to evolve. From a relative handful of dodgy copper phone lines, to almost universal mobile coverage.

From desktop IT to handheld. From four significant motor manufacturer brands to over a hundred. From three internationally capable airlines, to more than a dozen. This is a fast moving Continent.

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