Mobile phone use has skyrocketed in Africa , climbing from 9.2 million subscribers in 2000 to more than 648 million subscribers in 2011 -- More than 80 % of Africans surveyed say Africa is ready for African pope , but fewer believe world is ready . 20,000 people in 11 African nations answered questions about attitudes to the pope and Catholicism . The results were published by Pew Research Center on Tuesday.
More than 80 % of Africans surveyed say Africa is ready for African pope , but fewer believe world is ready . 20,000 people in 11 African nations answered questions about attitudes to the pope and Catholicism . The results were published by Pew Research Center on Tuesday.