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Necessity & Invention: Africa’s story of mobile conquest & why utility beats ‘coolness’
November 23, 2011 Editor 0
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It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and indeed that could perfectly describe Africa where it comes to innovation particularly on mobile. Utility vs Coolness In a great talk at…
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