Mobile Phones in Uganda
- Posted by Steve K. on July 17th, 2008 filed in Video, Mobile
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I’ve read about the spread of mobile phones in Africa, but this is the first time I’ve seen a real “village phone” station in action! This video was produced by a Dutch video journalist named Ruud Elmendorp.
BTW — Elmendorp is also one of the few people to have recorded a video interview with Uganda’s rebel leader Joseph Kony!
(HT: Erik Hersman)
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