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Paper discussion : Naffet KeitaWalter Nkwi
Khalil AlioMobile Africa Revisited Conference
14 February 2013
Dr. Olivier NyirubugaraCountry Manager for Burkina Faso – IICDLecturer New Media & Online Journalism – Erasmus University Rotterdam
History
Naffet Keita: history of telecommunications
Walter Nkwi: ‘archeology’ of letters
Khalil Alio: history of suffering & survival
Thought-triggering points
Free market Spread of mobiles
Competition collaboration
Consumer forced to spend more than needed on phone
Letter New medium
Orality relagated to primitiveness
Decline local languages