Africa’s startups are seizing an opportunity they say Google and Apple Inc. have missed -- making apps for non-smartphones.

In a region where the average customer doesn’t own a smartphone or a bank card, hundreds of millions of people do use some kind of basic phone. That’s prompting developers to build no-frills text-based apps, keeping data consumption down and catering to specific local needs of farmers, merchants and small business owners. FULL STORY

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