Down to the wires: Africa’s digital lag
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The dearth of fixed-line infrastructure that allowed the continent to leapfrog into the mobile-phone age now holds it back. We ask how to ensure the even spread of AI’s dividends. A stinking Seine has delayed the Olympic triathlon, but the river could one day help clean up Paris (7:09). And how “The Blair Witch Project” changed horror films (14:33).
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| 1:00.8 | The Economist |
| 1:06.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Rosie Bloor. And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:14.1 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:22.6 | Oh, Paris, the enchanting buildings, the tranquility of the Sen, or perhaps not. The Olympics |
| 1:30.6 | has put the famous river in the news and it's making a bit of a stink. And 25 years ago this |
| 1:39.4 | month, the Blair Witch Project scared the crap out of me and a whole generation of cinema goers. |
| 1:45.9 | Was it real? If it wasn't, was the cast in on the ruse? |
| 1:49.6 | We look at how one dirt-cheap movie changed the whole genre. |
| 1:59.4 | But first......what |
| 2:03.6 | What are you doing? |
| 2:08.6 | Sending some MTN credit to my mum in Nigeria. |
| 2:11.6 | So you send her the PIN number and she has to struggle with... |
| 2:14.6 | No. |
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