[Gay State Conservative]

Cell phone service? Having traveled in some pretty remote parts of Tanzania,Kenya and Zambia the last thing I’d expect in such regions is a damn cell phone signal.

[spetznaz]

I can’t speak for Tanzania and Zambia, but in Kenya mobile penetration (and speed) has been increasing at a frenetic pace. As of last year, 88% of Kenya’s population had access to the internet through their mobile phones, Kenya is a world leader in mobile banking, and it is #14 in the world in terms of mobile internet speeds (as a comparison, the US is #28).

Many people may not know this here, but the world is changing. As someone who travels all over for PE investment opportunities (been to every continent apart from Australia and Antarctica), many would be surprised how things have changed. When I was in high school Dubai was a joke, now it looks like something out of Star Wars. Beijing was once known for rice and bicycles, now it is a really advanced (though polluted ...everyone was coughing phlegm) metropolis.

The picture below is of the Upper Hill area of Nairobi, Kenya. It did not exist just ten years ago.