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Re: 5 apps that’ll make your internet bundles last longer

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Articles like this just make me sadder at the internet situation in Zimbabwe. Sure now pretty much everyone can access the internet but for our society and economy to really thrive we need to access the internet on far cheaper prices. How many kids in the rural areas do you know that enjoy youtube on a daily basis?..none as it would take them like $10 (which is alot to many) a day just to enjoy this globally ubiquitous service. If a kid wants to learn something from the internet, they can't watch videos and download large tutorial files as they'll need to conserve their precious bundles.

I personally think that Zimbabwe will only begin to benefit from mobile internet when the pricing is more friendly. Maybe then will local developers application take off the ground as I don't forsee many people downloading a Zimbo made app that could cost them their expensive data bundles. Even something like a local "youtube" will likely be a failure at the moment as the few people that have streaming friendly internet will be glued to the real youtube and the rest of the people will be contemplating whether that clip is worth the 10mb to watch.

Sorry a bit off topic but just had to share my thoughts.


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