In the West, the mobile phone is often thought of as a luxury or the latest gadget, but in Ghana, the device has been providing new opportunities to transform lives. The BBC reports.

[...] There are about 25,000 of these new cell phone minute vending entrepreneurs in Ghana.

Called “Space to Space” operators, they are said to be making more in one day than they used to earn in a month.

What they sell is phone calls at 2,000 cedis a minute on Ghana’s rapidly expanding mobile phone system.

Minutes of call time to people who have not yet managed to scrape together the money to buy a phone for themselves. And only 8% of the population have access to a phone”.

In the West, the mobile phone is often thought of as a luxury or the latest gadget, but in Ghana, the device has been providing new opportunities to transform lives. The BBC reports.
[...] There are about 25,000 of these new cell phone minute vending entrepreneurs in Ghana.
Called “Space to Space” operators, they are said [...]