In October, a technology triumvirate consisting of ABJAD, a Jordan-based mobile information publisher; AD-CONNECT, a Nigerian high-tech consultancy; and OutStart Inc., maker of Hot Lava Mobile software, will launch a pilot project to turn the mobile devices carried by 150,000 Ghanaian and Nigerian students into a platform for publishing, delivering and tracking multimedia learning content. The pilot project targets a population of students 16 years of age and older.

"Nigeria has a population of approximately 149 million people, nearly a third own mobile devices," said Adiel Ntuk, CEO of AD-CONNECT. "A mobile solution like Hot Lava Mobile will help us overcome the lack of high-tech infrastructure on the ground in both Ghana and Nigeria. Mobile technology lets us reach a larger number of students than we could via PCs, and it makes feedback happen in a very short period of time. It also increases the frequency with which instructors and students interact with one another."

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