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mercredi 18 janvier 2017

How many phones does a true Nigerian own?



How many phones does a true Nigerian own?
Stephanie Hegarty
BBC
Unless a recent victim of crime you should expect every Nigerian to carry at least two phones, three is fairly normal.
If you meet a Nigerian with only one phone beware, you are dealing with an imposter.
The bigger the man (or woman) the more phones he will have. 
Expect a chief to juggle at least four. Senior officials? Plenty.
But it’s not just ego, in fact not at all.
Nigerian mobile networks are unreliable so a backup is almost essential. Even more so given that you can’t rely on electricity to charge your phone overnight.
As someone who struggles to keep track of my belongings I’ve been soldiering on for the past year with a single phone.
But lately I've been tested to the limit. After a week of trying to fit everything I needed to say into the 10 seconds before the call inevitably drops, I caved.
Now, as the proud owner of two phones and even more sim cards I only wonder, what took me so long?

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