Facebook is a ubiquitous social network. It seems everyone is on the service (except my wife) including your entire family, most of your neighborhood – heck even your grandparents, most likely. To go along with this, it seems the rise in smartphones and mobile devices is benefiting Facebook as well. Facebook announced today that they…

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about 1) the African mobile marketplace and how Africans utilize their mobile phones; and 2) how organizations are using social marketing to reach this highly mobile population for social change. The series is based on a conversation I had with Gustav Praekelt, a mobile…