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BodaPhone: African Mobile Phone Booth

The big problem is buying a phone: handsets are too expensive for many people.... 200 Shillings equals roughly 11 cents US. The phone doesn't charge from a bike dynamo, sadly, but that grey slab is a spare battery.

Boda-PhoneAfrica has cell towers and a pretty decent cell infrastructure. The big problem is buying a phone: handsets are too expensive for many people. Solution? Cellular payphones. This one is in Uganda. 200 Shillings equals roughly 11 cents US. The phone doesn't charge from a bike dynamo, sadly, but that grey slab is a spare battery.

The BodaPhone in Uganda [Afrigadget]