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Posted  Monday, August 3  2009 at  00:00

Thirteen years ago we had our fantasies about what the Internet and telecoms paradise in East Africa would look like.

We never imagined that it would be this good, that we would see “potential” turn into reality in such a big way so fast.

Let’s hope that this telecoms success give us the confidence and tools to conquer a few other problem areas.

Adam Messer is a telecoms adviser based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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