When there is an increase in broadband speed in the North America, we can download more episodes of our favourite TV show (mine is 30 Rock); when broadband speed increases in Africa, millions more people get online through mobile phones.
Whole “development” leaps are being taken on the African continent – mind numbing and corrupt bureaucracies are in one click being overcome with government services going online; banking is being revolutionised with mobile MPESA banking; the true “urban wilderness”, or what is better known as slums, are being mapped for the first time.