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Mobile adoption has grown rapidly in West Africa in recent years, helped by the expansion of mobile networks to undeserved communities and the increasing affordability of services and device costs.\u00a0 Akinwale Goodluck, Head of Sub-Saharan Africa, shares some insights on the mobile industry in West Africa here<\/a><\/p>\n

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