Smartphones Galvanized Nigeria’s Younger Voters

Of the more than 175 million people who live in Nigeria, 70 percent of them are young. And among those millions are more than 125-million mobile phone subscribers, the largest such market in Africa. So, as Nigeria turned to a crucial national election last month, a group of political activists selected a smartphone application might galvanize a few million of those citizens and guarantee a free and fair election in a nation not known for its transparency. Yemi Adamolekun is one of...

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