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> Last I heard, 3G infrastructure was pretty spotty outside of select areas of Johannesburg

Perhaps a good few years ago. You should get HSDPA in all the major cities in SA. A lot of people actually use mobile broadband in place of fixed-line broadband.

I've been to the shantytowns outside of Accra, Ghana with full HSPA. It's spotty, yes, but so is it in Stockholm. As the article says, when Africa moves it moves fast.

Here in Nairobi, we've had 3g on safaricom for a long time.