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05-14-2014, 02:14 AM
Boko Haram Won't Stop Nigeria's Mobile Revolution
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Boko Haram, the **w-**torious terrorist group responsible for kidnapping some 274 school girls (http://mashable.com/category/boko-haram/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from a boarding school in **rthern Nigeria last month, has made clear its goal of dragging Nigeria away from Western influences. But when it comes to 21st century digital adoption, the kidnappers are swimming upstream; **thing, it seems, can stop Nigeria's impending mobile telecommunications revolution.
See also: Stop Sharing That 'Bring Back Our Girls' Photo — She's **t Nigerian (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/bring-back-our-girls-false-photo/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
By the end of last year, 65% of Nigeria's roughly 168 million populace had mobile subscriptions, according to Fredrik Jejdling, the region head and president of Ericsson sub-Saharan Africa. Ericsson currently provides mobile communication services for vast swaths of sub-Saharan Africa and manages roughly 80% of the MTN telecom network in Nigeria Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/nigeria-internet-kidnapped-girls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Mobile (http://mashable.com/mobile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Nigeria (http://mashable.com/category/nigeria/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Boko Haram (http://mashable.com/category/boko-haram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/JWFIJoYelK4
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Boko Haram, the **w-**torious terrorist group responsible for kidnapping some 274 school girls (http://mashable.com/category/boko-haram/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from a boarding school in **rthern Nigeria last month, has made clear its goal of dragging Nigeria away from Western influences. But when it comes to 21st century digital adoption, the kidnappers are swimming upstream; **thing, it seems, can stop Nigeria's impending mobile telecommunications revolution.
See also: Stop Sharing That 'Bring Back Our Girls' Photo — She's **t Nigerian (http://mashable.com/2014/05/09/bring-back-our-girls-false-photo/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
By the end of last year, 65% of Nigeria's roughly 168 million populace had mobile subscriptions, according to Fredrik Jejdling, the region head and president of Ericsson sub-Saharan Africa. Ericsson currently provides mobile communication services for vast swaths of sub-Saharan Africa and manages roughly 80% of the MTN telecom network in Nigeria Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/nigeria-internet-kidnapped-girls/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Mobile (http://mashable.com/mobile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Us World (http://mashable.com/us-world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), World (http://mashable.com/world/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Nigeria (http://mashable.com/category/nigeria/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Boko Haram (http://mashable.com/category/boko-haram/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/JWFIJoYelK4