By Edward Nawotka

Today’s story about Nigeria’s Cassava Republic suggests that e-books may be the perfect means of overcoming African publishing’s printing and distribution problems. Of course, as the publisher in the story notes, there still isn’t that much Internet penetration, but it is improving. At what point do you foresee e-books being a viable distribution channel for Africa, the answer for Africa’s readers?

Personally, I think it will be at a point when cell phone saturation peaks and cheaper, low-energy, high-resolution handsets become widely available. In short…not too far in the future.

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