Radio antennas are being transformed into GSM antennas.
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Another one from along the Kaduna-Jos road
Friday, December 1st, 2006Advertisement for mobile phone operators 02
Friday, December 1st, 2006
Somwhere in Kaduna. The “Xtra Connect” offer by South-African corporation MTN means calling cheaper to family or friends (”Call 3 family & friends @ 25k/sec”). Keeping contact with family that lives far away seems a very important use of the mobile phone here. People I have talked to named this as one of the main benefits of the “handset”. They also mentioned as a negative side postponing face to face contact by keeping in touch via the phone
Advertisement for mobile phone operators
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Advertisement for mobile phone operator, 28 nov. ‘06 Kaduna Nigeria.
Interestingly, you hardly see any mobile phone actually being used by people on the ads here.
Mobile phones for sale in Abuja supermarket
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
Pic taken November 27 2006 at Abuja supermarket.
Talking to filmproducers
Tuesday, November 28th, 2006Today we were in Kaduna to meet the folks from Newage Film Company. Nothing spacy in long robes but a professionally looking company. Esther talked her head off…i shot some stuff with the dv we brought. We both have a good feeling about it. Tomorrow to Jos..
Mobile online access in nigeria
Monday, November 27th, 2006oh, and i just posted these last 2 items from my mobile phone…well done MTN for having gprs access in nigeria!
The eagle has landed
Monday, November 27th, 2006we have arrived in abuja safely. Picked up from the airport by driver and an armed man… That moist smoky air and thick sound of crickets… Absurd style of driving: drive right side, pass right side. Cook pierre at daniels (esther’s cousin in abuja) place is from benin. Weird that one of the first conversations here in anglophone nigeria is in french….
tomorrow we go to kaduna to meet some film people from the “new age film company”. See if they are interested in collaborating.