This new infoDev study, looks at the mobile usage pattern of the poorest at the base of the pyramid in South Africa. In the country, about 75 per cent of the BoP has phones, but use data applications rarely. Read the report here. This study is part of a continent wide research commissioned by infoDev. It is being funded by UKAID, and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Government of Finland and SIDA (Sweden). Read the similar Kenya specific report here.