Airtime mania taking over your budget?

Between July 2016 and June 2017, Kenyans spent about 75billion minutes on their phones.

NAIROBI, KENYA: Kenya is virtually a talking nation. A stroll along Nairobi streets is met by men and women - young and old - engrossed in their phone call.

And as a young man momentarily stops at the sidewalk of Muindi Mbingu Street, both his thumbs mechanically typing on his mobile phone. Without plucking his eyes - and probably his mind as well - from the screen, he intuitively crosses the road.