It's time for Africans to get serious about the mobile web
In 2008 we saw the scales begin to tip with imports of data enabled phones being larger than that of non-data enabled phones. In 2009 we saw the undersea cables hit East and Southern Africa in a big way. In 2010 we saw the mobile operators get serious about data availability and cost packaging for everyday Africans.
2011 is upon us, and with it brings a new type of data-enabled mobile user in Africa. It also brings the mobile web to centre stage.
Mobile web content has been defined as any internet-connected or browser-based access to the internet and as digital content connected to a database that passes through a handheld device connected to a wireless network.
Simply put, the mobile web is the same data that the web layer brings to you on a computer, just now on your phone.
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About the author
Erik Hersman is the founder of AfriGadget and is a contributor on [[www.memeburn.com]].