A bus conductor checks passengers' tickets and collects money on a bus.
busconducteur
Could you ask her to call me back?
terugbellen
A decade is a period of ten years.
periode van tien jaar / decennium
Traditional African culture puts an emphasis on oral story telling.
nadruk
His phone is engaged – he must be talking to someone.
bezet
Entrepreneurs in Ghana charge people to make calls from phone towers.
entrepreneur / ondernemer
I went on speaking but he couldn't hear me.
doorgaan
The use of mobile phones in Africa has gone up dramatically.
stijgen / toenemen
Hold on, I'll put you through.
wachten / aan de lijn blijven
What time does the football match kick off?
aftrappen
Africa is the first continent to have more mobile phone users than landline users.
landlijn / vaste aansluiting
Oh, sorry, the line's engaged.
lijn
People with mobiles no longer have to walk miles to make a deal.
zaken doen
Phone use is a means of social and family contact.
manier / middel
It's estimated that phone ownership was nearly 100% by the time of the World Cup.
bezit
I'll pass your message on as soon as possible.
doorgeven
You can't pick up a signal on your mobile in a tunnel.
ontvangen
Hold on, I'll put you through.
doorverbinden
They plan to put up a mobile phone mast near our school.
neerzetten
Africa's mobile phone revolution is likely to go on for many years.
revolutie
People died because they couldn't ring up a doctor.
opbellen
Phone use is a means of social and family contact.
sociaal
A sociologist is someone who studies societies and the way they are organized.
socioloog
The pace of life in Africa is speeding up.
sneller worden
A street vendor sells things in the street, for example, clothes or food.
straatverkoper
Africa is the first continent to have more mobile phone users than landline subscribers.
abonnee
Mobile phone subscriptions went up from 54 million to almost 350 million.
abonnement
ITU stands for International Telecommunications Union.
telecommunicatie
If you climb to the top of the tall towers you can pick up a mobile phone signal.
toren
Mobile phones are used to transfer money.
overmaken
The mobile phone explosion is transforming Africa.
transformeren
Africa has more mobile phone users than Europe.
gebruiker