A mobile phone seller at the Souk el Goma'a, Cairo's Friday market. Growth trends of mobile phones in developing countries have exceeded all expectations. Experts had estimated that there would be 67 million mobile phones in Africa by 2005; the actual figure was 137 million – more than double the estimate. © Mark Henley/Panos Pictures, 2004 |
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