Africa, and the rest of the developing world, is one of the fastest growing mobile phone markets. Spurred on by the lack of landline infrastructure, mobile phones are becoming the easiest means of communication in countries such as Nigeria, Kenya and many South American countries. Mobile phone networks are also more suited to some of the more politically unstable areas of the world; it is easier to replace a destroyed mobile phone mast than it is to isolate a section of broken cable in a network that could encompass thousands of miles of such cable.

With the majority of mobile phone manufacturers in the developed world moving quickly from one model to the next, they are not as well placed to meet the demands of this growing market as they could be. Add to this the cost of the latest model of phone relative to the average income of the developing world and you can see that the demand must be met by other means. This is where the mobile phone recycling companies come in.

Many mobile phone recycling companies such as Envirophone and Mazooma send the phones they recondition to countries in the developing world and the Middle East, to satisfy the huge demand for mobile technology that these burgeoning markets are generating. With close working relationships with big service providers and manufacturers these companies not only offer consumers in the developed world cash for old mobiles, but also are well placed to provide mobile technology to the developing world at more affordable prices.