Every minute of everyday more and more Africans are getting access to some form of Information Communication Technology (ICT). Mostly, phones are available to almost every person on the continent. Take Nigeria for example, out of a total population of 177,155,754 a total of 167,371,945 own cellphones representing 94.5% of the population! That is amazing! No longer are African children running around in the dust playing hide and seek from dusk to dawn. Nowadays, even a two-year old will pick up a phone and say "ello."The new generation is definitely not leaving a stone in social media tools unturned.
For this reason, more and more governments are now turning to using the mobile phone for facilitating not only social development but also financial prosperity through programmes such as the social cash transfer.
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| ICT is fast becoming an interesting subject for young professionals in Africa. Participants at the social media training organised by Malawi National Library Service funded by CTA currently undeway in Lilongwe, Malawi |
