Why David Cameron wants you in Africa

08 AUG 2011 By Vanessa Knight

There’s a terrific entrepreneurial boom under way in many parts of Africa right now — which over the next few years will put millions of consumers and thousands of businesses online for the first time. In the August edition of WIRED we profile a bunch of business founders who are using the internet to deliver what we call Africa’s vast new tech opportunity. From mobile payments to telemedicine and advertising, as our piece explains, a burst of innovation is delivering new local services in mobile banking, healthcare, media, social networking, agricultural crop-pricing, education…pretty much in every sector.

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