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2017-11-12 Economy

How Vodafone (VOD) allowed elites to reap profits of Africa's mobile boom

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-12 05:57|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The privileged elites must be punished! Free market capitalism is racist. I recommend free Soetoro-Phones manufactured in China for the entire continent of Africa. It would only be fair.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-12 07:07|| 2017-11-12 07:07|| Front Page Top

#2 That was Africa's cultural problem not Vodafone's!

But the Grauniad would never accurately class it as more black-cultural failure.

Nearly as bad as giving away uranium in exchange for foundation "donations".

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-11-12 07:43|| 2017-11-12 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 To avoid all issues of cultural appropriation Africans should only use phones invented and produced in Africa.

Posted by AlanC 2017-11-12 08:42|| 2017-11-12 08:42|| Front Page Top

#4 To avoid all issues of cultural appropriation Africans should only use phones invented and produced in Africa.

Snark of the day?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-11-12 11:06|| 2017-11-12 11:06|| Front Page Top

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