The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert. That is greater than the number of users in the United States and European Union.
Samia Melhem works for the World Bank to increase information technologies in Africa. She says mobile phones are 61 (fast) growing technology on the continent.
“Faster than TV, definitely faster than electricity. More people have access 62 mobile phones and hence communication. More people have internet 63 today in Africa 64 they have access to water, clean water, or even sanitation. So we can say that this has been the most significant revolution in terms of 65 (change) the African landscape and how people live their daily life.”
CNN television recently named seven ways of life it says 66 (revolutionize) because of mobile phones. They include political activism, education, entertainment, disaster management, agriculture and health.
67 area is banking. Reports say half or more of the adults in Gabon, Kenya and Sudan use mobile money. Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets of Dakar, Senegal. But he never had enough money to open 68 bank account.
Now he uses a mobile phone banking service 69 (call) Orange Money. With his telephone, he can add or take out as little as one dollar. He 70 (make) payments and send money to family members who live far away.
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