Mobile internet in Africa and Middle Eastern: The 3G Firefox OS smartphones pave their way.
The excitement from young people is general in terms infatuation, social
media, cloud, mobile videos, productivity and more. Overall in Africa it is
easy to find a midrange smartphones from Asia under US$40, powered by Android.
iOS remains highly elitist , while Firefox OS, Tizen and android-based
systems are almost unknown.
Mobile operators such as Orange, MTN and others lead exciting initiatives,
offers, and bundles to democratize access to the mobile internet and all the
opportunities that that open up.
Orange Klif digital offer for example starts from under US$40 (€35),
inclusive of a smartphone, data, voice and text bundle.
Connectikpeople.co recalls that the 3G Firefox OS smartphone will be
available from Q2 in thirteen of Orange’s markets in the region, including, but
not limited to, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali,
The Ivory Coast, Jordan, Niger, Kenya, Mauritius and Vanuatu.