Thursday, February 23, 2006

No longer empty

Several months ago, I wrote of how lots of billboards around Kenya are empty of advertising. This gigantic one near my office finally got an ad – it’s for a $300 mobile phone.

I wonder what Motorola is thinking… mobile phones are very popular in Kenya (since land-lines are so unreliable and often unavailable), but the Razr model is way out of range of most of their potential customers here (including me).

By the way, the ad itself is made of porous fabric. It’s so large that if it were solid, the billboard would blow over in a strong wind. (One disadvantage is that at the wrong time of day, you can’t see the ad.)

1 comment:

Dave and Christy said...

Hi Paul. I would like to ask you some questions about Nairobi, Wycliffe, and what's happening there. I could not find an email for you on this blog. If you are willing to share with me, please email me. dozer183e at yahoo.com

Dave

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