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Smartphone is the new drug for African children

Access to internet has exposed children to paedophiles, pornography and phone addiction

The current trajectory for children, who constitute over 50 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa, paints a bleak future.

Half a century after most African countries gained independence from the colonial masters, nine out of ten children live in extreme poverty in Africa.

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