Report
The organisations using mobile phones – ranging from large international or national organisations through to small community-based groups – view the mobile phone as offering unprecedented communication and networking opportunities for their work. While landline infrastructure and the internet have bypassed large parts of Africa, many of these organisations have quickly grasped the potential of the mobile phone and are using it for basic communication needs, to network with their members or for direct activism and mobilisation. This comprehensive review, released in January 2007 by Fahamu, looks at mobile use across Africa in human rights and social justice work.